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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor sued the former trustee of the 401(k) plan of defunct Red Wing Foods, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for failure to forward to the plan all contributions and loan repayments deducted from employees’ paychecks and retaining those assets in the corporate account of the company.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment requiring the fiduciary of the Van-Kal Truck Equipment 401(k) Plan to restore $19,145 in delinquent employee contributions with interest to the plan.

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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Labor Department has obtained a consent order and judgment restoring $30,000 to the 401(k) plan of Flour City Architectural Metals, Inc., in Kingsport, Tenn., for failure to remit employee contributions and loan repayments to the plan.

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New Orleans, Louisiana - The Compliance Assistance Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8-9, at the J.W. Marriott New Orleans Hotel, 614 Canal Street.

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Portland, Oregon - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint in federal bankruptcy court in Portland, to protect $45,000 owed to the 401(k) profit sharing plan of defunct Moore Communications, Inc. of Beaverton.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor today obtained a consent judgment and order requiring Accutech Mold & Engineering, Inc., Little Falls, Minnesota, and its owners to pay $13,199 to the company’s SIMPLE IRA Plan as restitution for failing to timely forward employee contributions to the plan.

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Washington, DC - Joseph S. Piacentini has been named to the senior executive position of chief economist and director of the Office of Policy and Research with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) in Washington, DC.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor sued Atlanta-based Clarion Resources Communication and its owner for failure to remit or timely forward employee contributions to the company’s profit sharing plan, resulting in $13,280.91 in losses to the plan.

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Washington, DC - U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Employee Benefits Security Administration achieved a record-breaking 121% increase in enforcement results that protected $3.1 billion in retirement, health and other benefits for American workers and their families in fiscal year 2004.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to storm damages from tropical depression Ivan in New York.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to damages from tropical storm Frances in South Carolina.

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Detroit, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner of defunct American Tool & Mold Inc. of St. Joseph, Michigan, to recover employee contributions that he failed to forward to the company’s health plan.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to storm damages from tropical depression Ivan in New Jersey.

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Washington, DC - The three working groups of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will convene via teleconference October 27-29, 2004, at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC to conduct final discussions on the report and recommendations to be submitted to the Secretary of Labor.

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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to damages from severe storms and flooding in Minnesota.

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Kansas City, Kansas - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owners of defunct Gazlay Marketing Group, Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, for failure to forward $23,205.96 in employee contributions and loan repayments to the company’s 401(k) plan.