September 30, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor issues union transparency final rule

Rule establishes Form T-1 for union trust reporting

September 30, 2008

U.S. Labor Department to sponsor free compliance assistance seminar for retirement plan fiduciaries in Pittsburgh

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Pittsburgh – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a free compliance assistance seminar, on October 30 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel in Pittsburgh.

September 30, 2008

U.S. Labor Department sues to appoint independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Kennebunk, Maine, company

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Portland, Maine – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine seeking appointment of an independent fiduciary to oversee the abandoned 401(k) plan of TRITECH Information Strategies Inc., formerly of Kennebunk, Maine.

September 25, 2008

U.S. Labor Department takes legal action against Houston-based CEMEX
to secure more than $5 million in overtime wages

Lawsuit seeks backwages for 2,000 ready mix drivers in 8 states

September 23, 2008

U.S. Labor Department sues Fairfield, Connecticut employer to restore funds to company 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

New Haven, Connecticut – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner and operator of Fairfield Podiatry Associates LLC of Fairfield, Connecticut, seeking restoration of funds to the company’s 401(k) plan.

September 23, 2008

U.S. Labor Department sues First Primary Mortgage Inc. and its trustee for failure to administer employee 401(k) plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Middleburg Heights, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued First Primary Mortgage Inc. of Middleburg Heights, and its owner and the trustee of the First Primary Mortgage Inc. 401(k) Plan, for failure to properly administer the company plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

September 22, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor sues executive of defunct Minneapolis company to protect participants of abandoned plan

Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

Minneapolis – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to appoint an independent fiduciary to administer and terminate the 401(k) plan of KSM Holding Corp., a defunct Minneapolis company.

September 22, 2008

U.S. Labor Department announces new online tools for workers and plan administrators

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

Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced new online tools to give workers access to financial information and an improved calculator that makes it easier for employers and plan administrators to pay online civil penalties for delinquent filings of annual reports under the agency’s Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVCP).

September 22, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor sues defunct Wyckoff, N.J., company to protect participants of employee profit-sharing plan

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

Wyckoff, N.J. — The U.S. Labor Department has sued to obtain appointment of an independent fiduciary to oversee the employee profit-sharing plan of Jules Prosnitz & Sons Inc., formerly doing business as “Prozy’s Army-Navy Store,” a defunct company located in Wyckoff.

September 22, 2008

U.S. Labor Department extends annual reports deadline after hurricane hits Texas and Louisiana

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

September 22, 2008

Boston company and officers ordered to restore nearly $73,000 in misused funds to company 401(k) plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

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

Boston – A federal judge has ordered G. Conway Inc. of Boston and corporate officers Gerard D. Conway and Robert Conway to repay $72,803 to the company’s 401(k) plan to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor that alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

September 18, 2008

U.S. Labor Departments Office of Labor-Management Standards
announces August criminal enforcement data

Agency obtained 8 convictions and 10 indictments during month

September 18, 2008

U.S. Labor Department Web site assists hurricane victims in locating employee benefit plan sponsors

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

September 18, 2008

U.S. Labor Department obtains court-appointed independent fiduciary for 401(k) plan abandoned by Long Island, N.Y., company

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

New York – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order appointing an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned 401(k) plan of the defunct Freedom Security Systems Inc. of New Hyde Park, New York.

September 17, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor establishes alliance with U.S. Business Leadership Network to promote employment of workers with disabilities nationwide

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labors Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) have formed an alliance to promote the employment of people with disabilities. This collaboration will provide USBLN members and other employers with information, guidance and access to resources that will help them to recruit, hire and advance workers with disabilities.

September 17, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor official testifies before Senate committee on fee disclosures for 401(k)-type plans

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

September 15, 2008

GovBenefits.gov Web site wins Government Computer News Award

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is among 10 agencies selected to receive this year's Government Computer News (GCN) Award, which recognizes federal, state and local government for extraordinary information technology accomplishments and significant contributions to agency performance. The Labor Department is being recognized for its GovBenefits.gov Web site, an E-Gov program.

September 15, 2008

U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council working groups to hold teleconference September 29

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

Washington – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will convene by teleconference September 29 to discuss reports and recommendations by its working groups to be submitted to the secretary of labor.

September 15, 2008

U.S. Labor Department takes legal action against trustee of AE Seven LLC 401(k) plan for failure to administer employee assets

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

Greenwood Village, Colorado – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the trustee of the AE Seven LLC 401(k) plan in Greenwood Village for failure to properly administer the company’s 401(k) plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

September 10, 2008

U.S. Labor Department obtains civil contempt order against trustees of California-based health benefit fund

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

Atlanta — A federal district court in Atlanta has held two former trustees of the California-based International Union of Industrial and Independent Workers Benefit Fund (IUIIW) in civil contempt for failing to comply with a previous court order barring them from serving in a fiduciary capacity to plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).