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The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and
Pension Benefits will hold its final meeting of the year on Nov. 14, at which
time its three working groups will present the final reports/recommendations
they’ve prepared for Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. The public
session will take place in the Secretary’s Conference Room, S-2508, at the
U.S. Department of Labor’s Frances Perkins Building at 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Outgoing members also will be cited for
accomplishments during their three-year appointments. They include current
Advisory Council chair Michael J. Gulotta, president and chief executive
officer of Actuarial Sciences Associates of Somerset, NJ; vice chair Rose Mary
Abelson of Los Angeles, CA, assistant treasurer/director of investments and
trust management, Northrup Grumman Corp.; Richard Tani of Mt. Prospect, IL,
retired from William M. Mercer; Eddie C. Brown of Baltimore, president, Brown
Capital Management, and Judith Ann Calder, CEO of Abacus Financial Group, Inc.
in Chicago.
Prior to the final session, the groups are
scheduled to meet in Conference Suite N-5437 at the department to finalize
their reports as follows:
- The working group on long-term care - 11:00 a.m. on Nov. 13.
- The working group on phased retirement - 1:00 p.m. on Nov. 13.
- The working group studying benefit continuity after
organizational restructuring - 9:30 a.m. Nov. 14.
Although all three study groups are finished with
their issues, persons wishing to appear before any of the study groups on
either day or wishing to submit written statements on this year’s topics,
may contact Executive Secretary Sharon Morrissey in Room N-5656, Pension and
Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20210. If written statements are to be provided, 20 copies must
be sent to Ms. Morrissey before Nov. 6. Persons with disabilities wishing to
attend the session and needing special accommodations also should contact Ms.
Morrissey by Nov. 6.
The ERISA Advisory Council, comprised of 15
members from statutorily-specified subject areas in employee benefits and
related fields, provides the Labor Secretary with policy recommendations and/or
reports relating to private pension and other employee benefit issues. The
advisory council was established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (ERISA). |
