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WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Labor and Chairman of the Board of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Elaine L. Chao today praised Chairman Charles Grassley for his leadership of the Senate Finance Committee in acting quickly to pass bipartisan legislation to reform the nation's pension systems. The Committee unanimously approved the bill.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao made the following statement following the passage of H.R. 525, the Small Business Health Fairness Act, by the U.S. House of Representatives:

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) today released advance copies of the 2005 Form 5500.

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ATLANTA- The U. S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to damages from Hurricane Dennis in Florida.

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ATLANTA - The U. S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500 EZ annual report/returns due to damages from Hurricane Dennis in Alabama.

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CHICAGO - The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the former president of Tri-County Heating and Air Inc., Arcadia, Wis., to restore $1,780.11 to the company's SIMPLE IRA plan.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor Roy Grizzard, who heads the department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), today announced a comprehensive guide and related Web site to ensure federal government workplace emergency plans address the needs of individuals with disabilities.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment ordering the principal of Cleveland, Tennessee-based Supermarket Pharmacies, LLC to restore $12,536 to the participants in the former Supermarket Pharmacies Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan.

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Boston, Massachusetts - Joseph P. Zoppo of Westwood, Massachusetts, agreed to restore $8,386 to the pension plan of his now-defunct company, I/O Desktop Specialists Inc., to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. The suit alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal law that protects private employee pension and benefit plans.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain court appointment of an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned profit sharing plan of New York City-based Green and Green Personnel Agency Ltd. The suit also asks for distribution of approximately $9,000 in assets to eligible participants and beneficiaries.

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Chicago, Illinois - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain court appointment of an independent fiduciary to administer an abandoned Oak Brook, Illinois, 401(k) savings plan. The fiduciary will be authorized to distribute assets to participants upon termination of the plan.

WASHINGTON—Summer jobs in construction may be a young person's first work experience, and the U.S. Department of Labor wants to make sure it's a safe and healthy one. To that end, the department has launched a new nationwide outreach campaign to increase awareness about youth employment laws in construction.

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Atlanta, Georgia - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold free workshops 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 workshops will be held August 3 at the Hilton Greater Cincinnati Airport Hotel, 7373 Turfway Road in Florence.

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to obtain court appointment of an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned retirement plan of Lofek Construction Corporation, Newburgh, New York. The suit also asks to distribute $3,996.16 to an eligible participant and to terminate the plan.

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Dallas, Texas - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a company and its former majority owner, both of whom fiduciaries to the Bedford, Texas, firm’s 401(k) plan. The suit seeks to restore losses resulting from failure to timely remit and forward employee retirement contributions to the plan and for using the contributions for business purposes.

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Boston, Massachusetts - Trustees of the stock bonus plan of Trust Group Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, are barred from future service to employee benefit plans, and the court appointed an independent fiduciary to administer the plan, according to a consent judgment and order obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor resolving alleged violations of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Riverside, California - The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a court order requiring Riverside, California-based Progressive Health Alliance (PHA) and Contractors & Merchants Association (CMA) to comply with administrative subpoenas the department issued requiring them to produce documents and records necessary to its investigation of the two associations.

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Jackson, Mississippi - The Compliance Assistance Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Mississippi Department of Insurance, will take place August 17-18, 2005 in Jackson, Mississippi at the Edison Walthall Hotel, 225 East Capitol Street.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced an agreement giving the Enron 401(k) and employee stock ownership (ESOP) plans a general unsecured claim of $305.36 million in Enron's bankruptcy. The proposed settlement also gives Enron's cash balance plan a claim of $50.89 million.