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.
