Working Group on the Benefit Implications of the Growth of a Contingent Workforce Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans, Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6167]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group on the Benefit Implications of the Growth of a 
Contingent Workforce 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, the 
Working Group recently established by the Advisory Council on Employee 
Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to study what the benefit 
implications are of the growth of a contingent workforce will hold an 
open public meeting on Tuesday, April 6, 1999, in Room N-3437 A-C, U.S. 
Department of Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210.
    The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 
approximately noon, is for Working Group members to organize the new 
agenda for the working group 1999 and to begin taking testimony on the 
topic. Named as the chair is Michael Fanning of Washington, DC, chief 
executive officers of the Central Pension Fund, International Union of 
Operating Engineers and Participating Employers, and vice chair is 
Patrick McTeague of West Bath, Maine, with the McTeague, Higbee, 
MacAdam, Case, Watson and Cohen Law Firm.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before April 2, 
1999, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 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 April 2, 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 before April 2.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of March, 1999.
Richard McGahey,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-6167 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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