June 12, 2003

Independent Fiduciary Named to Manage Penn’s Best, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

June 11, 2003

Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Highlights U.S.
Efforts on Child Labor, HIV/AIDS at International Labor Conference: Stresses
Support for Workers to Move up Ladder of Opportunity

Stresses Support for Workers to Move up Ladder of Opportunity

GENEVA, Switzerland—Secretary Elaine L. Chao highlighted U.S. programs to help child laborers—particularly child soldiers—and President George W. Bush’s commitment to people imperiled by AIDS in her remarks to the 91st session of the International Labor Conference. She pointed out that these efforts meet the challenge laid out in the International Labor Organization (ILO) Director-General’s report, Working Out of Poverty.

June 11, 2003

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao and Queen
Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan Meet to Discuss Child Labor Issues: Secretary
Recognizes Queen Rania’s Leadership in Combating Child Labor

Secretary Recognizes Queen Rania’s Leadership in Combating Child Labor

GENEVA, Switzerland—Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao met with Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and praised her for her leadership in the campaign to end abusive child labor. The two met in Geneva, Switzerland, where the Secretary was participating in the 91st session of the International Labor Conference.

June 11, 2003

Labor Department Obtains Court Order Restoring Assets To Wisconsin Company’s Simple IRA Plan

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June 9, 2003

Labor Department Welcomes the Performance
Institutes’ Assessment of Agency’s E-Government Programs: DOL Ranked
Overall Winner in E-Government Performance

DOL Ranked Overall Winner in E-Government Performance

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor continues to heed President George W. Bush’s call that “(g)overnment should be results-oriented—guided not by process but guided by performance.”

June 9, 2003

Department of Labor's DisabilityInfo.gov Records
More Than One Million Visitors and Over 20 Million "Hits" From 136 Countries

WASHINGTON—DisabilityInfo.gov, a comprehensive federal Web site with one-stop access to governmental disability information, has gone over the one-million visitor mark and achieved more than 20 million “hits,” Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced today.

“DisabilityInfo.gov provides Americans with disabilities a direct and easy connection to information and resources they need to become full participants in the 21st Century workforce,” Secretary Chao said.

June 9, 2003

Media Advisory - HIPAA and Other Health Laws: Utah Compliance Assistance Seminar

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June 6, 2003

Department of Labor Announces Grant Solicitations
Totaling $4.3 Million for Customized Grants, High School/High Tech

WASHINGTON—Two solicitations for Customized Grants and High School/High Tech (HS/HT) Development and Implementation Grants were published in the June 6, 2003 Federal Register by the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced today.

June 2, 2003

YouthRules Marks One-Year Anniversary, Continues
to Expand: Expansion Includes New Strategic Partnerships, Resource Materials,
and Revamped Website

Expansion Includes New Strategic Partnerships, Resource Materials, and Revamped Website

WASHINGTON—Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, today announced the expansion of the YouthRules! initiative to include information geared towards youth employed in agriculture.

June 2, 2003

Labor Department Issues Report on Child Labor in
Trade Beneficiary Countries: Report Specified Under the Trade and Development
Act

Report Specified Under the Trade and Development Act

WASHINGTON—The Labor Department today released its second annual report on the worst forms of child labor in 146 countries and territories that receive U.S. trade benefits.

June 2, 2003

Labor Department Proposes Class Exemption For Trust REITS

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Washington, DC  - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has proposed a class exemption to create a level playing field between corporate real estate investment trusts (REITs) and trust REITs.

May 29, 2003

Department of Labor Announces Grant Solicitations
Totaling $3.0 Million for Home Modification, WorkFORCE Action

WASHINGTON—Two grant solicitations were published in the May 29, 2003 Federal Register by the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced today.

May 28, 2003

Labor Department Names Independent Trustee To Terminate “Orphaned” Coastal Copy Systems 401(K) Plan

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Newark, New Jersey - The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment and order on May 23, 2003 appointing an independent trustee to terminate the Coastal Copy Systems, Inc. 401(k) plan and distribute approximately $30,000 in plan assets to 16 participants.

May 27, 2003

More Than 260 Qualified, Disabled Students Placed
in Jobs in First Month of Labor Department WRP Program

WASHINGTON—More than 260 college students and recent graduates with disabilities have been placed in summer and permanent jobs since the Labor Department’s Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) was announced in April, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao said today.

May 27, 2003

Labor Department Obtains Consent Judgment Against Indiana Longshoremen’s Local Trustees Over Misuse of Fund Assets

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South Bend, Indiana - The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order and judgment on May 20, 2003, in which the trustees of the pension and welfare plans of Local 1969 of the International Longshoremen’s Association of Portage, Indiana agreed to restore $497,225.83 to the plans, resign their positions and be permanently barred from serving employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

May 23, 2003

Labor Department Proposes Rules on Notices For COBRA Continuation Health Care Coverage

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced proposed rules clarifying the requirements for notices under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for employees, employers and plan administrators. The proposal provides guidance and model notices for workers and family members to continue their group health care coverage.

May 21, 2003

Labor Department Sues Minnesota Plan Administrator For Abandoning 401(k) Plan

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May 21, 2003

Labor Department Obtains Final Settlement of Lawsuit Against U.S. Alliance Fiduciaries

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