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Grand Rapids, Michigan - U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ann L. Combs spoke to members of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, today to highlight the Bush Administration’s priorities to encourage retirement security and make healthcare more affordable for American workers, retirees and their families.

WASHINGTON-Innovations such as high technology vehicles for wheel chair users in Europe and new information technologies that level the playing field for working people with disabilities on both sides of the Atlantic were among many topics covered during a meeting here this week of government and private sector officials from the European Union and the United States.

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Cincinnati, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $42,372.21 in employee contributions that were deducted from workers’ pay at A.C. Leadbetter & Sons Inc., Toledo, Ohio, but were never forwarded to the company’s pension plan. The figure includes $4,089.21 in interest on the delinquent contributions.

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Albany, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order appointing an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned 401(k) plan originally sponsored by Green Appliances Inc., Latham, New York.

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Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a new Web page of up-to-date activities in connection with the 2006 National Summit on Retirement Savings. The Summit will take place March 1-2 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

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Detroit, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued former president of now-defunct Application Technology Group Inc., Oakland County, Michigan, for failing to terminate the company’s 401(k) plan so that assets could be distributed to plan participants.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order appointing Jacqueline Carmichael as the independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned 401(k) plan of IFrame, Inc., New York, New York.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Labor Department sued Expert Dry Wall Company Inc. and its president Valerie Kelly for transferring plan assets to Kelly and her sister from the company’s 401(k) savings plan and other violations. The company ceased operations October 2001.

CHICAGO — Internet employment recruiter Careerbuilder.com, headquartered in Chicago, has paid $524,216 to 677 workers to resolve allegations of overtime pay violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) brought by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.

"We have recovered over half-a-million dollars for these workers," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "We are committed to ensuring that workers are paid all the wages they have earned."

BALTIMORE — A federal district court has ordered Self Pride Inc. of Baltimore, Md., and its president, executive director and chief executive officer to pay $372,664 in overtime back wages to 392 current and former employees following a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett. The court also ordered Self-Pride to pay $155,240 in liquidated damages.

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Buffalo, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order appointing an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned retirement plan of the Geneva B. Scruggs Community Health Care Center of Buffalo.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to appoint an independent fiduciary to administer the abandoned 401(k) plan originally sponsored by WP Ford LLC of White Plains, New York.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint against Donald O. Sachs, president and sole owner of The Stitchery Studio Inc., Burnsville, Minnesota. The suit seeks to prevent Sachs from discharging a debt of $1,218.62 owed to the company’s 401(k) plan.

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Albany, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York to appoint an independent fiduciary to administer the abandoned 401(k) plan originally sponsored by Green Appliances Inc. of Latham, New York.

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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor sued Rodney G. Stepleton and Eddie E. Ruble, owners of Stepleton & Ruble Steel Inc., Baltimore, Ohio, for failing to forward employee contributions to the company’s pension plan and to segregate plan contributions from the general operating assets of the company, as part of a lawsuit alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The U.S. Labor Department has recovered $141,887 in back wages for 106 employees of KTC Services, following an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division under the Service Contract Act and the Contract Work Hours Safety Standards Act.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued National Workforce Inc., Leesburg, Georgia, and two of its executives for mismanagement of the firm’s employee health plan.