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San Francisco, California - To protect the 401(k) contributions of employees of now-defunct Madsen Mechanical Inc. in Ogden, Utah, the U.S. Department of Labor and the company’s former president have reached an agreement that $24,821 in debt owed to the plan cannot be discharged due to a bankruptcy filing.

WASHINGTON—Alfred B. Robinson, Jr., Acting Administrator for the Wage and Hour Division, the agency entrusted to enforce the overtime regulations in the U.S. Department of Labor, released the following statement regarding an amendment put forward by Congressman Obey (D-WI).

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Cleveland, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued executives of the Acme Arsena Company of Cuyahoga County for allegedly transferring $765,000 in assets from the company’s retirement plan for their own benefit.

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Cleveland, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit to appoint an independent fiduciary for the retirement plan of The Astatic Corporation of Conneaut, Ohio, to distribute plan assets to participants and terminate the plan.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Garrett Group L.L.C. and the administrator of its 401(k) savings plan for failing to forward employee contributions to the plan of company-owned Badger Die Casting Corporation of Milwaukee.

Launches Additional New Tool for the Overtime Security Rule

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Phoenix, Arizona - The U.S. Department of Labor sued DMT Engineering, Inc. and Ductmole Inc., both of Phoenix, Arizona, and the companies’ chief executive officer for failing to timely remit employee contributions to Ductmole Inc.’s Simple IRA plan and to segregate the contributions from the general operating assets of the companies.

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Shreveport, Louisiana - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and order requiring Carl Pons Electric Motor Service Inc. in Shreveport, Louisiana, and its owner to repay losses suffered by the company’s 401(k) plan for failing to timely remit and forward retirement contributions deducted from employees’ paychecks.

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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor today sued the former president of Bimet Corporation in Morris, Illinois, for failing to timely remit employee contributions to the company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan and retaining the assets with those of Bimet.

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Newark, New Jersey - The U.S. Department of Labor sued The Learning Edge Inc. of Montvale, New Jersey, and its president for failing to properly remit more than $25,000 in employee contributions to the company’s 401(k) plan.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today began a Back-to-School campaign aimed at highlighting education- and school-related benefit programs that can be found at www.Benefits.gov, an award-winning website that enables citizens to determine their potential eligibility for more than 400 federal benefits programs and more than 200 state benefit programs.

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Topeka, Kansas - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint to require the owner of the now- defunct Standard Hart Printing Inc. of Topeka, Kansas, to pay $14,794 owed to the company’s SIMPLE IRA and health plans as restitution for employee contributions that weren’t forwarded to the plans.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today issued a final rule requiring state-registered investment advisers who are seeking investment manager status under federal benefits law to register electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD).

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San Francisco - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an adversary complaint in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California at Santa Barbara, to protect over $37,000 owed to the 401(k) profit sharing plan of now-closed Digital Reflection, Inc. in San Jose, California.

Labor Secretary Highlights Benefits of New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders

WARREN, Mich.—The Fraternal Order of Police in Warren, Mich., today welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao’s remarks about the proposed overtime reforms due to take effect on Aug. 23, 2004. She told the group that the new Overtime Security Rule will guarantee that more police, other first responders and millions of hard-working Americans receive overtime pay for their work.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor is soliciting nominations to fill five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline for receipt of nominations is October 1, 2004.

Labor Secretary Highlights Benefits of New Overtime Security Rule for First Responders

Willoughby, Ohio—The Fraternal Order of Police in Willoughby, Ohio today welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao’s remarks about the proposed overtime reforms due to take effect on Aug. 23, 2004. Secretary Chao told the group that the new Overtime Security Rule will guarantee that more police, other first responders and millions of hard-working Americans receive overtime pay for their work.

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Detroit, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Salvage One Leasing Company Inc. and related companies in Detroit -- along with their president -- for failing to remit or timely forward contributions and loan repayments deducted from employees’ paychecks.