In accordance with section 512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and its implementing regulations issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), the charter for the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans is renewed.

The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans shall advise the Secretary of Labor on technical aspects of the provisions of ERISA and shall provide reports and/or recommendations each year on its findings to the Secretary of Labor. The Council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary. Not more than eight members of the Council shall be of the same political party. Three of the members shall be representatives of employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be a representative of any organization members of which are participants in a multiemployer plan); three of the members shall be representatives of empl ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2010-12-21-2010-31948 Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2010-12-21-2010-31959

The break time requirement that is now part of the FLSA is set forth in Section 4207 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111148 (``Affordable Care Act''). The provision requires employers to provide ``reasonable break time for an empl ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2010-12-21-2010-31959 Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:00:00 GMT