October 24, 2000

Advisory Council On Employee Welfare And Pension Plans To Hold Final Meeting Of Year Nov. 14

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October 23, 2000

Federal Court Names Independent Fiduciary To Manage Detroit Carpenters' Pension Fund's Participant Mortgage Loan Portfolio

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October 20, 2000

Johnston, Rhode Island, Employer Ordered To Restore Health Plan Premiums Withheld From Employee Paychecks

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October 19, 2000

Labor Department Finalizes Rule To Improve Security Of Small Pension Plan Assets

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October 17, 2000

Labor Department Sues Florida Law Firm And Pension Trustee Over Plan Loans

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October 17, 2000

Labor Department Sues Former Executives Of Employee Leasing Firm For Misusing Plan Assets

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The U. S. Department of Labor yesterday sued the former operators of bankrupt U. S. Staffing, Inc., a Houston, Texas, employee leasing firm, for failure to transmit employee contributions for pension and health benefits to the trust account of plan clients and misusing plan assets to benefit others.

October 6, 2000

Agencies Respond To Requests For Extension Of Form 5500 Deadline

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October 5, 2000

Court Orders L.A. High-Tech Trustee To Repay Pension Plan Losses

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October 2, 2000

Federal District Court Orders Audit Of Three Akron Employee Benefit Association Health Funds

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October 2, 2000

Labor Department Files Suit Against Wayne Watson, Springville, Utah, Plan Trustee, For Pension Violations

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September 21, 2000

Labor Department Secures Stipulated Order Appointing Receiver And Freezing Assets Of Oregon Investment Manager

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September 21, 2000

ERISA Advisory Council Working Groups To Discuss Recommendations For Reports To Labor Secretary

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September 19, 2000

Kansas City Physicians Agree To Restore More Than $280,000 To Pension Plan

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September 15, 2000

U.S. Department Of Labor's Leslie Kramerich Talks About Investment Advice Before Pension Actuaries

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September 14, 2000

Labor Department Seeks Comments On Disclosure Of Employee Benefit Plan Information

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September 14, 2000

Former Trustees, Service Providers To Pay $750,000 To New York Hotel Trades Council's Dental Fund

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September 14, 2000

U.S. Department Of Labor Reminds Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors Of October 16 Deadline For Filing 5500 Annual Reports

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September 12, 2000

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Union Bank, Nine Other Employers, Recognized By U.S. Labor Department For Their Equal Opportunity And Affirmative Action Efforts

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Union Bank, Nine Other Employers, Recognized By U.S. Labor Department For Their Equal Opportunity And Affirmative Action Efforts [09/12/2000]

September 1, 2000

Labor Department Obtains Consent Judgments Against Trustees And Managers Of New York Health Plan

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained consent judgments barring six trustees and managers affiliated with the International Workers' Guild (IWG) health plan from serving as fiduciaries of any employee benefit plan governed by federal pension law. Diversions of assets and underfunding of the health plan had left it with between $8 to $28 million in unpaid medical claims.