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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor is soliciting nominations to fill five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline for receipt of nominations is October 1, 2004.

Labor Secretary Highlights Benefits of New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders

Willoughby, Ohio—The Fraternal Order of Police in Willoughby, Ohio today welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao’s remarks about the proposed overtime reforms due to take effect on Aug. 23, 2004. Secretary Chao told the group that the new Overtime Security Rule will guarantee that more police, other first responders and millions of hard-working Americans receive overtime pay for their work.

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Detroit, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Salvage One Leasing Company Inc. and related companies in Detroit -- along with their president -- for failing to remit or timely forward contributions and loan repayments deducted from employees’ paychecks.

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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that an independent fiduciary will be appointed to represent the interest of the participants and beneficiaries in United Airlines’ (UAL) pension plans.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the former trustee of the Grand Rapids Plastics Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for failing to remit employee contributions to the plan and retaining the contributions in the company’s general assets.

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Helena, Montana - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain the court appointment of an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned retirement plan of the defunct Meteorological Technical Institute, Inc. in Helena, Montana, distribute $15,583 in assets to participants and terminate the plan.

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Akron, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment removing Pony Computer Inc. of Streetsboro, Ohio, as a fiduciary to its 401(k) plan and appointing Joseph S. Moynihan as the independent fiduciary responsible for managing the 401(k) and distributing more than $58,000 to 20 participants.

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Boston, Massachusetts - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order requiring the administrator of a Medford, Massachusetts, 401(k) plan to pay $11,287.48, plus interest, to plan participants as restitution for failing to forward employee contributions to the plan.

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Columbus, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) compliance assistance seminar, “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” will take place in Columbus, Ohio on July 29, 2004 at the Ohio State University Fawcett Conference Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today celebrated the 14th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Charleston, West Virginia - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment permanently barring the former owners of defunct Fleshman’s Inc. of Oceana, West Virginia, from service as fiduciaries to employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.