CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor is suing an Illinois home health care provider alleging that the company, the profit-sharing plan and two of its trustees improperly authorized distributions of $1,601,908 in profit-sharing plan assets, in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The department’s suit names Palos Hills-based Alliance Home Healthcare Inc.; the Alliance Home Healthcare Inc. Profit Sharing Plan; and company owners and plan trustees, Reginaldo Sulit and Dalisay Sulit.

Date of Action: July 10, 2015

Type of Action: Default Judgment

Names of Defendant: Applied Technology Systems, Inc. and Clark V. Hayes, individually and as fiduciaries to the Applied Technology Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan, and the Applied Technology Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan

Date of action: Aug. 7, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name(s) of defendant(s): Steven J. Watkins, Oxford Holdings Inc., and Aetna 401(k) Plan

Date of Action: Aug. 4, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Name(s) of Defendant(s): Gulf Shores Marina LLC, Laura M. Prioli, Stephen C. Main, Kenneth A. Main II, and the GSM/RYS 401(k) Plan 

Date of Action: Aug. 4, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Name(s) of Defendant(s): Gulf Shores Marina LLC, Laura M. Prioli, Stephen C. Main, Kenneth A. Main II, and the GSM/RYS 401(k) Plan

Date of action:Aug. 7, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name(s) of defendant(s): Steven J. Watkins, Oxford Holdings Inc., and Aetna 401(k) Plan

Date of Action: Aug. 5, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of Defendants: American Hydraulics Corp., Kevin M. Lynch and Janette M. Rioux, individually and in their capacities as fiduciaries of the AHC Corp. 401(k) Plan

Date of Action: Aug. 5, 2015

Type of Action: Consent Judgment and Order

Names of Defendants: American Hydraulics Corp., Kevin M. Lynch and Janette M. Rioux, individually and in their capacities as fiduciaries of the AHC Corp. 401(k) Plan

Date of action: August 6, 2015

Type of action: Complaint

Name of defendants: Storms & Lowe Associates Inc.; James R. Manning; Roger Aguilera; and the Storms & Lowe 401 (k) Plan

Date of action: July 24, 2015

Type of action: Summary judgment and order

Names of defendants: Burgess Baird Jr. and DSI Contracting Inc.

Date of action: July 24, 2015

Type of action: Summary judgment and order

Names of defendants: Burgess Baird Jr. and DSI Contracting Inc.

WASHINGTON — The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will hold a meeting Aug. 18-20 in Washington at the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel at 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 and 19, with a one-hour break for lunch each day. On Aug. 20, the meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at approximately 12 p.m.

Date of Action: July 27, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint, Consent Order and Judgment

Names of Defendants: Marcia Langenecker, individually and as fiduciary of the Approved Products Inc. 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan; Approved Products Inc.; and Approved Products Inc. 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan

Date of Action: July 16, 2015

Type of Action: Consent judgment and order with Mercury Signs & Display LTD and its owners Travis Hoffart and Ted Hoffart, Jr., in an effort to recover about $30,000 in employee retirement contributions.

Name of Defendant: Mercury Signs & Display LTD and its owners Travis Hoffart and Ted Hoffart, Jr.

Date of Action: July 16, 2015

Type of Action: Consent judgment and order with Mercury Signs & Display LTD and its owners Travis Hoffart and Ted Hoffart, Jr., in an effort to recover about $30,000 in employee retirement contributions.

Name of Defendant: Mercury Signs & Display LTD and its owners Travis Hoffart and Ted Hoffart, Jr.

WARSAW, Ind. — A federal court in Indiana has entered an Agreed Order and Judgment requiring PBI Bank Inc. to pay $1,052,613 to the Miller's Health Systems Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Plan to restore alleged losses. The judgment resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor against PBI alleging it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when it authorized the purchase of company stock by the ESOP for more than fair market value.

Date of Action: July 16, 2015

Type of Action: Lawsuit

Name(s) of Defendant: Stewart Environmental Consultants LLC, located and doing business in Fort Collins, Colorado, and owner David Stewart

Date of Action: July 11, 2015

Type of Action: The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Michelson Energy Co. and three defendants in connection with the Michelson Energy Co. 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan to recover $126,000 in missing retirement funds affecting 26 workers.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A consent judgement issued by a Kentucky federal court will recover nearly $300,000 for a pension plan in Michigan, and ban the defendants from serving as plan fiduciaries or service providers again.

Date of Action: June 29, 2015

Type of Action: Complaint

Names of Defendants: James Brunk, Brunk Industries, Inc. and the Contractors and Employees 401(k) Plan as sponsored by Brunk Industries, Inc. of Fresno, California