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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).

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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.

Agency obtained 8 convictions and 10 indictments during month

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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Silver Spring, Maryland – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold two free workshops to help employers, pension plan administrators and other benefit professionals comply with federal employee benefits law. They will be held on September 16 at EBSA’s Washington District Office, 1335 East West Highway (first floor) in Silver Spring.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold two free workshops to help employers, pension plan administrators and other benefit professionals comply with federal employee benefits law. They will be held on September 18 at the Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh Greentree, 101 Radisson Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Elgin, Illinois – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement restoring $14,033 owed to the Airtronics Gage & Machine Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plans as restitution for losses resulting from violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The 401(k) plan was sponsored by the Air Gage Co. and Airtronics Gage & Machine Co. in Elgin.

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Fishers, Indiana – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment against defunct Technengineering Services Inc. to appoint an independent fiduciary to manage and terminate the company’s 401(k) profit-sharing plan and distribute $20,599 in assets to eligible participants and beneficiaries.