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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Labor Department and INS Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Labor Standards Enforcement to Aid U.S. Workers [11/23/1998]

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Negotiated Rulemaking will hold public meetings on December 16 and 17 at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service at 2100 K St., N. W., Room 200, in Washington, D.C. The committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Change in Child Labor Law Restricts 16-year-olds from Driving on Public Roads While on the Job but More Driving Allowed for 17-year-olds [11/18/1998]

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The owner of the Dallas-based firm ISG State Operations, Inc. was indicted today by a Dallas County grand jury for allegedly misappropriating $6,933 in 401(k) contributions owed to the company's retirement plan.

The company processed Medicaid claims under a contract with the State of Texas and sponsored the ISG State Operations, Inc. 401(k) plan. The 401(k) plan is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in Chicago, Ill., against Lexington Securities, Incorporated, and its plan fiduciary Paul Maton for withholding $12,608.65 of voluntary employee plan contributions in violation of the federal pension law. The Lexington Savings Incentive Plan was established on Feb. 1, 1995, as a cash or deferred profit sharing plan.

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The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment and order providing for more than $1.5 million to be restored to the Teamsters Local 125 Retirement Fund in Little Falls, New Jersey.

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The U. S. Department of Labor today granted a class exemption for purchases and sales of foreign currencies between employee benefit plans and banks or broker-dealers.

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he U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against the owner and trustees of Building Services Unlimited, Inc., in Louisville, Ky., for failing to make requested contributions to the company’s retirement plan and paying more than fair market value for the stock contributed to the employee stock ownership plan.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Utah Grocery Chain Has Agreed to Pay $650,000 Fine for Child Labor Violations [11/09/1998]

For more information call: (202) 693-0023

A Utah-based grocery chain with 172 stores in eight states will pay $650,000 in fines for violations of federal child labor laws. Smith's Food and Drug Centers of Salt Lake City agreed to pay the fine and refrain from future violations.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Ohio Fast Food Company Fined $333,450 for Child Labor Violations; One Minor Injured [11/04/1998]

For more information call: 202-219-8211

An Ohio fast food restaurant company was fined $333,450 for violations of federal child labor laws after a 15-year-old cut her finger while using a meat slicer. The Labor Department found that GZK Inc. of Dayton illegally employed 42 minors.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ILAB Press Release: U.S. and Mexican Labor Secretaries to Consult on Pregnancy Discrimination [10/26/1998]

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For more information call: (202) 219-8211

The U. S. Department of Labor today sued Time Warner Inc., Time Inc. and subsidiaries of Time Inc. and officials of nine corporate pension and health plans for wrongly denying coverage by the plans to hundreds of employees. The workers were misclassified as independent contractors or temporary employees and thus were denied coverage.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ESA Press Release: Blueberry Grower Fined Following the Death of Nine-year-old Worker [10/23/1998]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

ILAB Press Release: Labor Department to Hold Conference with European Union on Employment of People with Disabilities [10/23/1998]

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring Hull Corp. and a trustee of its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) to pay $541,667 in restitution to the plan and to pay civil monetary penalties to the federal government for violating federal pension law.

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The U. S. Department of Labor has proposed broadening the scope of two class exemptions allowing individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or Keogh pension plans to get free or low cost brokerage or banking services

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The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment requiring three corporations and three trustees of the Nomali, Inc. Employees 401(k) plan in Brownsville, Tex., to repay $87,318.00 to its plan participants and beneficiaries for failure to charge the full market value on rental property and land that they authorized the plan to lease.

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment against the trustee of a pension and health plan of a Hempstead, New York community service organization for mismanaging plan assets

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) has awarded two contracts to national computer firms to competitively develop its new Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Filing Acceptance System -- known as EFAST.

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment that requires Richard May of Arlington Heights, Ill., to pay more than $14,000 to nine employee benefit plans and permanently bars him from servicing any employee benefit plan governed by federal pension law, except where he is a participant in the ERISA-covered plans of his employer.