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Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
For more information call: (202) 219-8921.
The Secretary of Labor's Advisory Council on Employee
Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will hold work group meetings Oct. 10-11 in
Room S-3215 A-B at the U. S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. N. W.,
Washington, D. C. 20210.
The pension education and real estate investment work
groups will meet Oct. 10. The pension group will meet at 9:30 a.m. to formulate
the final recommendations on the necessity of the department's continuing
efforts to better educate the public to save for retirement and to help
identify additional ways in which this challenge can be met. The real estate
investment group will meet at 1 p.m. to hear any final testimony on regulatory
issues that affect real estate investments by pension funds and allow members
to begin formulating their final recommendations on the issue.
The defined contribution adequacy work group will meet at
9:30 a.m. on Oct. 11 to begin formulating recommendations to the labor
secretary on various policy issues surrounding retirement income adequacy.
Individuals or organizations who want to address the
council should submit a written request before Oct. 1 to Sharon Morrissey,
acting executive secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U. S. Department of Labor,
Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C., 20210. Oral
presentations are limited to 10 minutes but witnesses may submit an extended
statement for the record. Individuals with disabilities who need special
accommodations should contact Morrissey before Oct. 1 at the above address.
Members of the public who do not want to testify may also
submit 20 copies of their statement to the above address. The advisory council
is a bipartisan group of 15 members appointed by the Secretary of Labor to
represent a wide range of interests in the employee benefits area. The council
advises and makes recommendations to the secretary of labor on the
administration of ERISA.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
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