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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement requiring that $7,663.88 be paid to the participants and beneficiaries of the Mid-Continent Screw Products Profit Sharing Plan. Judith Hirsch, president of the Lincolnwood, Illinois-based plan, will be handling distribution of the assets to individuals entitled to benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Washington, DC - Today Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced the appointment of five new members for the 2006 Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans and this year’s leadership for the council. New members are appointed to serve three-year terms.

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Boston, Massachusetts - Matthias E. Lukens, president of the now-defunct e-tel Corp., of West Warwick, Rhode Island, has agreed to repay over $38,000 to the company’s 401(k) plan to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Columbus, Nebraska - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska against the trustee of the Columbus Irrigation Inc. 401(k) plan for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the filing of a lawsuit against Glendale, California-based, Janitorial Carpet's Maintenance for minimum wage, overtime pay and recordkeeping violations of federal law. The violations resulted from the employer's improper classification of workers as independent contractors.

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Boise, Idaho - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement that will protect the medical benefits of participants in a health plan sponsored by Employers Resource Management Company (ERM) of Boise, Idaho.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint against Karl R. Hunt, president and sole owner of K-H Construction, Inc, Medford, Minnesota, to prevent Hunt from discharging a debt of $4,672.12 owed to the company’s Simple IRA Plan.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order resolving violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) related to delinquent employee contributions and loan repayments to the Granse & Associates Inc. 401(k) profit sharing plan in Lakeville, Minnesota. After the department sued the company and plan trustees, the defendants restored $182,126.85 to the plan.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering payment of over $1.3 million to a 401(k) plan sponsored by Lawrence Aviation Industries Inc. of Port Jefferson Station, New York. The judgment resolves a lawsuit against the company, a manufacturer of titanium products for the aerospace industry, and its owner.

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Note To Editors: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced new addresses for the submission of penalty payments and annual report copies (Forms 5500) under the Department’s Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVC). Effective April 11, 2006, the addresses for submissions are:

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced a technical amendment extending the interim final rules under the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) to December 31, 2006.

President Bush signed the extension December 30, 2005, as part of the Employee Retirement Preservation Act (P.L. 109-151, 119 Stat. 2886).

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Labor Department has obtained a consent judgment and order of non-dischargeability requiring Alfonzo Hall to restore more than $58,000 to the 401(k) plan of former International Agile Manufacturing (IAM), Statesboro, Georgia.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit to restore $37,053 to the 401(k) plan of now-bankrupt Lextron Corporation, Jackson, Mississippi.

“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 department’s Atlanta regional office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).

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Phoenix, Arizona - Assistant Secretary of Labor Ann L. Combs will address 1,500 members of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) at the Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference, Tuesday, March 21 at the J.W. Marriott Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona. Combs will discuss the President’s retirement security agenda and provide an update on the regulatory activities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued now-defunct Orris Fuel Inc., Creighton, Pennsylvania, and its controller, seeking restoration of funds to the company’s 401(k) plan.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment permanently barring Brenda Hamrick, controlling shareholder and president of Trawick Artists Management Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, from serving as a fiduciary of the company’s 401(k) plan.

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Labor Department is seeking to recover more than $7.1 million in back wages for 7,171 employees of Huntleigh USA Corporation following a Service Contract Act (SCA) investigation by the departments Wage and Hour Division in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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San Francisco, California - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a free workshop April 20 to help employers and health and pension plan fiduciaries better comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the federal law governing private employer pension and health benefit plans. The workshop will be held at Hampton Inn San Diego-Sea World/Airport, 3888 Greenwood Street.

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Atlanta, Georgia - A U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit has resulted in a court judgment ordering the CEO of now-bankrupt D&S Consulting Engineering Inc., Decatur, Alabama, to restore $66,128 to the company’s 401(k) plan.