January 11, 2000

Labor Dept. Files Suit Against Woodland Hills Man For Federal Pension Violations

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January 11, 2000

Atlanta Trustee To Repay More Than $175,000 To Employee Stock Plan

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January 5, 2000

Labor Department Sues Detroit And Vicinity Carpenters' Pension Fund For Prohibited Mortgage Loans

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January 5, 2000

Labor Department Final Rule To Protect Plan Investments In Insurance Products

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January 4, 2000

Labor Department Files Suit Against Beverly Hills Doctor For Pension Violations

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January 3, 2000

Former And Current Officials Of Reston, VA Pension Plan Sued By Labor Department For Failing To Forward Contributions

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December 21, 1999

Leslie B. Kramerich Assumes Pension Post As Acting Assistant Secretary Of Labor

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Leslie B. Kramerich has assumed the position of Acting Assistant Secretary of the Labor Department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA). For the last year, Kramerich has been PWBA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy.

She became Acting Assistant Secretary on Dec. 6 upon resignation of then Assistant Secretary Richard McGahey and will remain in the post until a permanent candidate is appointed.

December 20, 1999

Canoga Park Businessman Sentenced To Prison For Embezzling From Employee Pension Fund

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December 16, 1999

Department Of Labor Wins More Than $63 Thousand Judgment Against Memphis Company And President For Failure To Remit Plan Money

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American Technical Institute (ATI) of Memphis, Tenn., and its president, Dr. Dallas Wayne Jones, were ordered to pay $63,554.68 to the institute’s money purchase plan in a judgment won Dec. 1, 1999, by the U.S. Department of Labor.

December 14, 1999

Labor Department Proposes Exemption For Plans Engaging In Securities Cross-Trades

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The U. S. Department of Labor today announced a proposed class exemption to allow investment firms to cross-trade securities of employee benefit plan clients with other accounts managed by the firms.

December 14, 1999

Labor Department Settles Lawsuit Against Florida Trustee For Self Dealing In Violation Of Federal Pension Law

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December 7, 1999

Daniel Maguire Appointed To Head New Health Benefit Office

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The Department of Labor's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) today announced the appointment of Daniel J. Maguire as director of the newly created Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance.

December 1, 1999

Labor Department Proposes Rules to Improve Security Of Small Pension Plan Assets

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The Labor Department’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration today published a notice of proposed rulemaking to improve the security of more than $300 billion in assets held in private-sector pension plans maintained by small businesses.

December 1, 1999

Labor Department Settlement Restores More Than $20 Thousand To Illinois Plan Participants

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The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement with officials of the Rolling Meadows, Ill. accounting and auditing firm of Whitfield and Reninger, Ltd., requiring them to restore $20,406 in principal and interest to two profit sharing plan participants and to pay $4,081 in civil monetary penalties.

November 29, 1999

Labor Department Proposes Interest Free Loans And Credit For Plan Y2k Problems

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The U. S. Department of Labor’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) today proposed an amendment to an existing class exemption which would allow plans to receive interest free loans and extensions of credit from related parties to pay for unanticipated Y2K computer problems. Since 1998, PWBA has been providing guidance to the plan community in an effort to help them prepare for their Y2K contingency planning.

November 23, 1999

Delaware Pension Plan Trustees Sued For Making Over $450,000 In Improper Plan Loans

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The U. S. Department of Labor has sued the trustees of the John E. Healy & Sons Pension Plan of New Castle, Del. for making over $450,000 in improper loans with plan money.

November 23, 1999

Alabama Company To Pay $9,000 To Its 401(K) Plan Participants

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The U.S. Labor Department has obtained a partial settlement in its case involving an Anniston, Ala. non-profit corporation’s 401(k) profit sharing plan.

The action will result in $9,000 being recouped for the plan and will resolve a restitution issue concerning employee contributions of $8,331.82 not remitted to the plan for the period of April 30, 1997 to June 30, 1997, as well as interest which would have accrued.

November 18, 1999

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Pension Embezzlement

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An executive of Columbus, Ohio-based Buckeye Technical Services, Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling $3,241 from the company’s 401(k) plan, according to documents filed in federal court today.

November 15, 1999

Proposed National Medical Support Notice To Cover More American Children

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Today the U.S. Department of Labor is proposing rules that would implement provisions of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 that are intended to help children gain access to coverage under their noncustodial parents’ employer-based group health plans.

November 15, 1999

Labor Department Sues Florida Company Official For Failing To Forward Employee Contributions To 401(K) Plan

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The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a Florida pension plan official for deducting but not forwarding $84,521 from employees’ paychecks to the company-sponsored 401(k) savings and investment plan.