January 10, 2003

Trustee Ordered to Restore Employee Contributions to Illinois Profit Sharing Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

January 9, 2003

Labor Department Releases 2002 Form 5500s

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

January 7, 2003

Labor Department Sanctions
Baltimore Company for Violating Equal Opportunity Agreement

BALTIMORE, Md.—The U.S. Department of Labor today filed an administrative complaint and a consent decree to compel a company providing waste services to the U.S. Postal Service in the Baltimore area to comply with its equal employment opportunity responsibilities as a federal contractor.

Under terms of the consent decree, which must be approved by an administrative law judge, the company will be barred from bidding on additional federal contract work locally for six months.

January 6, 2003

PWBA Requests Input on Safe Harbors For Automatic Rollovers

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

January 2, 2003

Illinois Firm and President to Restore Assets to 401(k) Plan under Judgment Obtained by Labor Department

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 31, 2002

Former Trustees of Ridgefield, Connecticut Employer’s 401(k) Plan Agree to Restore Funds to Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 30, 2002

Labor Department Sues to Obtain Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned New York 401(K) Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 23, 2002

Trustees of Torrington, Connecticut, Company Pension Plan to Make Restitution to Plan Participants

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 20, 2002

Labor Department Seeks to Improve Union Financial Reporting: Reforms
Will Ensure More Transparency, Accountability to Union Members

Reforms Will Ensure More Transparency, Accountability to Union Members

December 20, 2002

Labor Department Sues Former Ohio Executive Over Profit Sharing Plan Investments

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 18, 2002

Strong Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
Formula Working to Protect More Workers

WASHINGTON—End of year statistics released by the Employment Standards Administration for its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) show the agency’s enforcement efforts and compliance assistance plans worked to benefit nearly 1.5 million workers employed by contractors reviewed this year. More than 4,000 OFCCP investigations resulted in nearly $24 million for approximately 9,000 victims of unlawful discrimination in the workplace.

December 18, 2002

Labor Department Enforcement Reaches 10-Year High Wage and Hour
Division Recovers $175 Million for Workers

Wage and Hour Division Recovers $175 Million for Workers

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that $175 million in back wages collected for 263,593 workers in FY 2002 is the largest amount collected by the department in 10 years. The Employment Standards Administration’s Wage and Hour Division achieved a 33 percent increase over FY 2001 in back wages as well as increases in the number of concluded cases and enforcement hours.

December 12, 2002

Labor Department Sues Wisconsin Radio Broadcasters For Misusing Workers’ Pension Contributions

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 12, 2002

Labor Department Publishes Year 2002 Form M-1 for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

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December 11, 2002

Labor Department Announces Adoption of Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 97-11

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December 11, 2002

Labor Department Sues Indiana Trucking Company and Pension Trustee Over Employee Contributions

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 10, 2002

Labor Department Seeks Appointment of Independent Fiduciary for Orphaned San Diego Profit Sharing Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

December 10, 2002

Labor Department Seeks Restoration of Losses to Santa Monica Profit Sharing Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.