News Releases

December 19, 2000

Labor Department Unveils New Health Benefit Tools For Consumers And Small Businesses

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Assistant Secretary of Labor Leslie B. Kramerich today unveiled new information and educational tools to help Americans and small businesses make informed decisions about employment-based health benefits.

December 19, 2000

Labor Department Creates New Outreach And Communications Office

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The U. S. Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration today announced creation of the Office of Participant Assistance and Communications to handle broad-based outreach and assistance for the millions of workers covered by private-sector pension and health benefit plans.

December 15, 2000

Kentucky Plan Trustee Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million In Restitution To ESOP And Retirement Plan

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December 14, 2000

Wade & Sons Pension Plan Trustee Sued For Making Improper Loans

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit alleging that Wade & Sons, Inc. and its owner improperly transferred funds from the company’s profit sharing plan, thereby resulting in more than $146,600 in losses to the plan.

December 14, 2000

Public Disclosure Office For Labor Department's Pension And Welfare Benefits Administration Moves

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The Public Disclosure Room for the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, will close from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18, to relocate staff and equipment. The PWBA Public Disclosure Room will reopen Dec. 19 in its new location in Room N-1513, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

December 13, 2000

Labor Department Makes Recovery For Iowa Simple Retirement Arrangement

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

The U. S. Department of Labor today announced that a federal court in Des Moines, Iowa has entered a judgment restoring $2,587.33 to employees of State Wide Metal Recycling, Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa or their individual retirement accounts.

December 12, 2000

Labor Department Publishes Year 2000 Form M-1 For Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

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The U. S. Department of Labor’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration today announced it will publish in the Federal Register the Year 2000 Form M-1 annual report for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs). This form is the same as the 1999 form, but several clarifications were added to the instructions in response to comments.

December 4, 2000

Lack Of Fidelity Bond Precipitates Labor Department Lawsuit With Snyder Farm Supply And Pension Plan Trustee

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The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Alto, Mich.-based Snyder Farm Supply and its majority owner Thomas E. Snyder, who also administered the Snyder Farm Supply 401(k) pension plan, for their failure to bond the pension plan offered to the company’s employees.

December 4, 2000

Court Prohibits Md. Companies, Trustees From Depleting Pension Assets

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a temporary restraining order to prevent trustees and plan administrators of the profit sharing plans of Della Ratta, Inc. and Commercial Management Company, located in Silver Spring, Md. from continuing to deplete assets of the plans.

November 30, 2000

Federal Court Names Independent Fiduciary To Manage Detroit Carpenters' Pension Fund's Participant Mortgage Loan Portfolio

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October 20, 2000

Johnston, Rhode Island, Employer Ordered To Restore Health Plan Premiums Withheld From Employee Paychecks

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

October 19, 2000

Labor Department Finalizes Rule To Improve Security Of Small Pension Plan Assets

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

Labor Department Unveils New Health Benefit Tools For Consumers And Small Businesses

Labor Department Creates New Outreach And Communications Office

Kentucky Plan Trustee Ordered To Pay More Than $1 Million In Restitution To ESOP And Retirement Plan

Wade & Sons Pension Plan Trustee Sued For Making Improper Loans

Public Disclosure Office For Labor Department's Pension And Welfare Benefits Administration Moves

Labor Department Makes Recovery For Iowa Simple Retirement Arrangement

Labor Department Publishes Year 2000 Form M-1 For Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

Lack Of Fidelity Bond Precipitates Labor Department Lawsuit With Snyder Farm Supply And Pension Plan Trustee

Court Prohibits Md. Companies, Trustees From Depleting Pension Assets

LABOR DEPARTMENT SEEKS COMMENTS ON RETIREMENT SAVER SUMMIT FOR 2001

Bethesda, Md Pension Administrator Sued For Failure To Make Pension Plan Contributions

Labor Department Sues New Castle Engineering For Violating Federal Pension Law

Labor Department Issues Rules Strengthening Workers' Health Benefit Rights

Labor Department Obtains Approximately $5.5 Million In Settlement With Time Warner Over Pension And Health Plans

Pension Officials Sued For Mismanaging Illinois Pension And Welfare Plans

Labor Department Proposes Rules For Collectively Bargained Welfare Plans

Advisory Council On Employee Welfare And Pension Plans To Hold Final Meeting Of Year Nov. 14

Federal Court Names Independent Fiduciary To Manage Detroit Carpenters' Pension Fund's Participant Mortgage Loan Portfolio

Johnston, Rhode Island, Employer Ordered To Restore Health Plan Premiums Withheld From Employee Paychecks

Labor Department Finalizes Rule To Improve Security Of Small Pension Plan Assets