The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That all units of the Episcopal Church under ecclesiastical authority in the United States are encouraged to [sic] provide for all lay employees who work over 1,000 hours annually retirement benefits through participation in the Episcopal Church Lay Employees Retirement Plan (ECLERP) or in a noncontributory, defined benefit plan the provisions of which are at least equal to those of ECLERP by January 1, 1989, but recognizing the need for a transition period, no later than January 1, 1990; and be it further

Resolved, That the Church Pension Fund and its subsidiaries be authorized and requested to conduct an employee census of all such employees during the next triennium, such census to include: name, date of birth, date of employment, number of hours worked annually and similar information deemed appropriate as to each such lay employee, and to provide a summary of such census data for the Diocese concerned to the Bishop or other ecclesiastical authority of such Diocese; and be it further

Resolved, That the Bishop or other ecclesiastical authority of each Diocese be requested to cause such census data for each employing unit in such Diocese to be furnished to the Church Pension Fund promptly upon request therefore by the Fund; and be it further

Resolved, That the Church Pension Fund be requested to report its findings and suggestions for the implementation of a mandatory pension plan for lay employees of the Episcopal Church to the 70th General Convention, together with a proposal for amendment to the Canons deemed necessary or appropriate to authorize the implementation of such mandatory pension plan for lay employees; provided, however, that the Fund may also report any findings and suggestions with respect to other employee fringe benefits for lay employees.