| Resolution Number: | 2015-A181 |
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| Title: | Study Costs of Pension Benefits in Foreign Dioceses |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 78th General Convention instruct the Church Pension Group to conduct a study of compensation and costs and fees for all employee benefits, e.g., retirement, health care, short-term and long-term disability, etc. for clergy and lay employees in the dioceses of Province IX, the Diocese of Haiti, The Episcopal Church in Cuba, and Covenant Partners, to provide to the CPF Trustees information and guidance on alternative programs and strategies, such as employee contribution plans, that will improve clergy and lay pension plans in these areas, to discuss their findings with diocesan leaders, and to report their findings back to the 79th General Convention. The purpose of this study would be to provide appropriate information and costs about employee benefit coverages to diocesan leaders, and to provide the Church information on the current state of employee benefits in those areas.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), pp. 857-858. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Legislative Committee on Church Pension Fund |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Church Pension Fund |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Church Pension Fund presented its Report #3 on Resolution A181 (Study of Costs of Employee Benefits for Clergy and Lay Employees in Province IX) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A181)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 78th General Convention instruct the Church Pension Group to conduct a study of compensation and costs and fees for all employee benefits, e.g., retirement, health care, short-term and long-term disability, etc. for clergy and lay employees in the dioceses of Province IX, the Diocese of Haiti, The Episcopal Church in Cuba, and Covenant Partners; to discuss their findings with diocesan leaders, and to report their findings back to the 79th General Convention.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 78th General Convention instruct the Church Pension Group to conduct a study of compensation and costs and fees for all employee benefits, e.g., retirement, health care, short-term and long-term disability, etc. for clergy and lay employees in the dioceses of Province IX, the Diocese of Haiti, The Episcopal Church in Cuba, and Covenant Partners, to provide to the CPF Trustees information and guidance on alternative programs and strategies, such as employee contribution plans, that will improve clergy and lay pension plans in these areas, to discuss their findings with diocesan leaders, and to report their findings back to the 79th General Convention. The purpose of this study would be to provide appropriate information and costs about employee benefit coverages to diocesan leaders, and to provide the Church information on the current state of employee benefits in those areas.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #119)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Church Pension Fund presented its Report #2 on HB Message #119 on Resolution A181 (Study of Costs of Employee Benefits for Clergy and Lay Employees in Province IX) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #278)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 2.
| Abstract: | The 78th General Convention instructs the CPG to conduct a study and report to Convention on compensation and costs for all employee benefits for beneficiaries in the dioceses of Province IX, Haiti, Cuba, and Covenant Partners, and include guidance on alternative pension plan strategies. |
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