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St. Paul, Minnesota - The U. S. Department of Labor sued the former chief executive officer of D.B. Welliver & Co. Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota, for illegally transferring assets from the company’s retirement savings plan to his personal bank account.

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Newark, New Jersey - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to appoint an independent fiduciary for the abandoned savings and investment plan of Sequel Concepts Inc. of South Plainfield, New Jersey, which will distribute more than $1 million in plan assets to participants and terminate the plan.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The owner and president of Commercial Marketing Services Inc. (CMS) of Lawrenceville, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the company’s profit sharing plan. The criminal charges were based on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

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Dallas, Texas - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Mallscapes Inc. of Dallas and its owner for failing to timely remit and forward to the corporation’s SIMPLE IRA plan contributions withheld from employees’ paychecks.

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Miami, Florida - 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 Miami, Florida, on June 17, 2004 at the Sheraton Biscayne Bay, 495 Brickell Avenue.

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Durham, North Carolina - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner of Norwood Electronics Inc. of Durham, North Carolina, for failing to forward $8,417 in employee contributions and interest to the Matlack Medical Imaging Inc. 401(k) Plan.

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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of five persons to three-year terms on the 2004 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Vacuum Research Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the company’s chief executive officer for failing to restore employee contributions to the company’s 401(k) plan.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced final rules implementing the notice requirements under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for employees, employers and plan administrators.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced final rules implementing the notice requirements under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for employees, employers and plan administrators.

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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment requiring the trustee of the Belgium, Wisconsin-based Belgium Foundry Acquisition Company Inc. 401(k) plans to restore $60,434 in delinquent employee contributions with interest to the union and non-union plans.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the former trustees of the Votenet Solutions Inc. 401(k) plan and trust in Washington, D.C., for failing to forward employee contributions to the company’s retirement plan.

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Boston, Massachusetts - The U.S. Department of Labor sued the plan sponsor and the trustee of the Northeast Display Inc. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan of Worcester, Massachusetts, for failing to forward over $65,000 in employee contributions to the plan.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Lawrence Aviation Industries Inc. of Brookhaven, New York and its owner for making undocumented loans from the plan to themselves and failing to collect on the unpaid loans.

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WASHINGTON—Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today launched a nationwide campaign to improve workers’ health and retirement security by educating employers and service providers about their fiduciary responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). This is the latest in a series of compliance assistance initiatives by the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

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Washington, DC - The Compliance Assistance Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Maryland Department of Insurance, will take place in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 19-20, 2004 at the Sheraton Barcelo, 173 Jennifer Road.