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EBSA News Release: [08/27/2003]
Contact Name: Sharon
Morrissey
Phone Number: (202) 693-8664
Labor Department Solicits Nominations for 2004 ERISA
Advisory Council
WASHINGTON—The U.S.
Department of Labor is soliciting nominations to fill five three-year vacancies
on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also
known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline for receipt of nominations is
Oct. 1, 2003.
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the
bipartisan council consists of 15 members appointed by the Secretary of Labor
to represent specified groups and fields that are involved in employee
benefits. The council meets four times a year and makes recommendations to the
Secretary of Labor regarding functions carried out under ERISA.
Nominations are being accepted for one vacancy in each of the following
groups or fields:
- Employers (a representative of an organization representing employer
groups and interests);
- Employees and/or employee organizations (this person must represent
an organization whose members participate in a multi-employer plan);
- General public (this member must represent persons actually receiving
benefits from a private-sector retirement plan);
- Actuarial (a person who is an actuary or represents an actuarial
firm), and
- Investment counseling (an investment counselor for a private-sector
retirement plan or a representative of an investment counseling firm).
Interested persons or organizations may nominate qualified persons for
membership. Recommendations must be submitted by letter, resolution or petition
and signed by the person or, in the case of an organizational nomination, by
the group’s representative making the recommendation. The nomination
should briefly describe the candidate’s qualifications, the group or field
the candidate is being nominated for, the candidate’s political party
affiliation and availability to serve. This information is requested because
ERISA mandates that no more than eight members of the council may represent one
political party.
The notice soliciting nominations is to be published in the Federal
Register on Aug. 29, 2003. Nominations should be submitted to Sharon Morrissey,
Executive Secretary of the ERISA Advisory Council, Room N-5677, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
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