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The terms of five members of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans will expire on Nov. 14, 1996. Groups represented by
the five upcoming vacancies are: employee organizations (multiemployer plans),
investment management, corporate trust, employers, and the general public
(pensioners).
Persons or organizations wishing to recommend individuals for a
three-year appointment to the ERISA Advisory Council for any of these groups or
fields may submit recommendations to Sharon Morrissey, acting executive
secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., N.W., Suite N-5677, Washington, D.C. 20210. Recommendations must be
mailed or delivered on or before Oct. 1, 1996.
Recommendations may be in the form of a letter, resolution or petition
signed by the person making the recommendation, or if made by an organization,
by an authorized representative of the organization.
Each recommendation should include the candidate's name, occupation or
position, telephone number and address, with a brief description of the
candidate's qualifications, the group or field that he or she would represent
for the purposes of Sec. 512 of ERISA, political party affiliation, and whether
the candidate is available and would accept. Members must be qualified to
appraise programs instituted under ERISA.
A bipartisan group appointed by the Secretary of Labor, the Advisory
Council advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary on the
administration of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which
provides protections for participants and beneficiaries covered by private
pension and benefit plans.
Representing a wide range of interests in the employee benefit area,
the council consists of 15 members including three representatives of employee
organizations; three representatives of employers; three from the general
public and one from each of five fields of the insurance industry: corporate
trust, actuarial counseling, investment counseling, investment management and
accounting.
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