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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Douglas Daly, former owner and president of Integrated Metal Fabrications, Inc. (IMF), has agreed to restore $33,269 in lost assets and interest to the company’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan. The Bucks County, Pennsylvania company ceased operations in August 2005.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today expressed support for the decision by the United States Trade Representative not to accept a petition filed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding workers' rights in the People's Republic of China. Deputy Secretary Steven J. Law noted significant cooperation between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China on a number of worker protection issues over the last few years, and pledged to continue to work together to build on the progress that has been made.

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Washington, DC - Today the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced a final regulation requiring plans to file Form 5500 annual reports electronically, beginning with 2008 plan year filings due in 2009. Simultaneously, EBSA, along with the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, proposed changes to the forms that will be processed under the new electronic system.

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Portland, Oregon - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment removing defunct Emerald Solutions, Inc., Portland, Oregon, from its position as plan administrator of the company’s 401(k) plan. The court action clears the way for former employees of Emerald Solutions, Inc. to regain access to their retirement accounts.

Department Has Paid Claimants More Than $1.5 Billion Since Program's Inception

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this month marks the fifth anniversary of administering the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program. The department has administered Part B of the program since its inception in 2001, and was charged with implementation of Part E, a provision created in October 2004 as part of an amendment to the energy program.

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Kansas City, Missouri - The U.S. Department of Labor will host a free employer workshop called “Understanding Your Responsibilities under ERISA and USERRA” on July 26 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Road in Kansas City.

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Creighton, Pennsylvania - A federal judge has ordered now defunct Orris Fuel Inc. and its controller, Victoria Skinner, to restore $34,688 in lost assets and interest to the company’s 401(k) plan.

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Troy, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a free workshop in Troy, Michigan to help employers and administrators of pension and health plans comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal law that governs private-sector employee benefit plans. The workshop will be held August 9 at the Holiday Inn Troy, 2537 Rochester Court.

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Labor Department announced today that it has recovered a total of $181,689 in back wages for 164 employees who performed debris removal for three different companies in the Gulf Coast region. These three lower-tiered government subcontractors agreed to pay their workers back wages following investigations by the department's Wage and Hour Division under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Gardena, Calif.-based Southern California Maid Services and Carpet Cleaning (SCMS) for minimum wage, overtime pay and recordkeeping violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit seeks more than $1.8 million in unpaid backwages for approximately 386 employees.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a default judgment against Paul J. Johnson from serving as a fiduciary to any plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and removing him as fiduciary of the Jerome Johnson Excavating Profit Sharing Plan, Maple Plain, Minnesota.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation today released advance copies of the 2006 Form 5500 and instructions.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A federal judge has barred Plan 3 Inc., Plan 3 Technologies, and owner Dennis Kelly from serving for 15 years as fiduciaries to employee benefit plans covered by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The U.S. Department of Labor alleged that the Rockville, Maryland companies and Kelly violated ERISA when they failed to properly administer health and welfare plans across the country.

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Boston, Massachusetts - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner and operator of Landry Architects of Salem, New Hampshire, seeking restoration of funds to the company’s profit sharing plan.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit to restore losses to the 401(k) plan of Commetrex Corp., Roswell, Georgia.

“Trustees of a 401(k) plan have a responsibility to ensure that the assets of the plan are used solely to benefit participants,” said Howard Marsh, director of the Atlanta regional office of the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) has placed more than 300 qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities in summer positions. The placements were made through a free database of 1,900 candidates seeking summer and full-time employment that was distributed on a compact disc this past spring to public and private sector employers.

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San Francisco, California - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued two senior executives of Torrance-based Advanced Hi-Tech Corporation for failing to forward employee contributions to the company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan.

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Des Moines, Iowa - A free compliance assistance seminar focusing on laws that cover health benefits will take place August 2 and 3 in Des Moines at the Holiday Inn Downtown at Mercy Campus. The seminar is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Iowa Insurance Division.

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