The Advisory Committee on Employee Welfare and
Pension Benefits three working groups will devote their Oct. 12 and 13
sessions to discussing what recommendations they ultimately will include in
their final reports to Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. Their deliberations
will be conducted during public meetings in Conference Room N-5437 A-C at the
U.S. Department of Labors Frances Perkins Building at 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
The working group studying the issue of phased
retirement will meet on Oct. 12 at 9:30 a.m. to work on the groups final
report conclusions. From 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 12, the long-term care
(LTC) working group members will fine tune their recommendations before
concluding their years work.
The working group studying benefit continuity
after organizational restructuring will complete its findings and draft its
recommendations regarding the issue. The Oct. 13 session will begin at 9:30
a.m. and run until approximately noon.
Although all three study groups basically have
finished taking testimony on their issues, persons wishing to appear before any
of the study groups on either Oct. 12 and 13 or wishing to submit written
statements on this years 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
Oct. 5. Persons with disabilities wishing to attend the session and needing
special accommodations also should contact Ms. Morrissey by Oct. 5.
The ERISA Advisory Council, comprised of 15
members from statutorily-specified subject areas in employee benefits and
related fields, must provide the Labor Secretary with policy recommendations
and reports relating to private pension and other employee benefit issues. The
advisory committee was established by the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA).
This years working groups expect to have
their studies and subsequent reports and/or recommendations completed by the
scheduled final meeting of the year on Nov. 14, 2000. |