EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
Working Group Studying Small Businesses: How to Enhance and Encourage the Establishment of Pension Plans; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans [09/17/1998]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group Studying Small Businesses: How to Enhance and
Encourage the Establishment of Pension Plans; Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, a
public meeting will be held Monday, October 5, 1998, of the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Working Group
studying the obstacles to why small businesses are not establishing
retirement vehicles for their employees when so many different savings
arrangements are available. The Working Group also is focusing on how
to encourage these businesses to establish such pension plans.
The session will take place in Room N-4437 C&D, U.S. Department of
Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington 20210.
The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 1:00 p.m. to
approximately 4:00 p.m., is for Working Group members to draft their
report and/or recommendations their report for the Secretary of Labor.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before October 1,
1998, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations
wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. Oral presentations
will be limited to 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by October 1,
at the address indicated in this notice.
Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should
be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above
address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the
meeting if received on or before October 1.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of September 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24861 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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