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==Background==
 
==Background==
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The American Benefits Council describes itself as 'a dynamic membership organization representing the breadth of American business'<ref>American Benefits Council [http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/about/memberlist.cfm Memberships] Accessed 26th February 2008</ref> and an 'advocate of employer-sponsored benefit programs'<ref>Americal Benefits Council [http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/about/mission.cfm About the Council]Accessed 26th February 2008</ref>. They aim to shape the world of corporate benefits policy with the mission 'to be the most effective advocate for voluntary private employee benefits'. In doing so they initiate and champion 'legislation and regulations favorable to our members' needs and interests, and influences policy development within Congress and the White House and executive branch agencies'. They also 'fend off policy proposals that add burdens, liabilities and costs for the employer plan sponsor community'<ref>ibid</ref>.
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The American Benefits Council describes itself as 'a dynamic membership organization representing the breadth of American business'<ref>American Benefits Council [http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/about/memberlist.cfm Memberships] Accessed 26th February 2008</ref> and an 'advocate of employer-sponsored benefit programs'<ref>American Benefits Council [http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/about/mission.cfm About the Council]Accessed 26th February 2008</ref>. They aim to shape the world of corporate benefits policy with the mission 'to be the most effective advocate for voluntary private employee benefits'. In doing so they initiate and champion 'legislation and regulations favorable to our members' needs and interests, and influences policy development within Congress and the White House and executive branch agencies'. They also 'fend off policy proposals that add burdens, liabilities and costs for the employer plan sponsor community'<ref>ibid</ref>.
  
 
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* [[J P Morgan]]
 
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* [[Kaiser Permanente]]
 
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* The [[Kellogg Company]] ([[Kellogg's]])
 
* [[Kilpatrick Stockton]] LLP
 
* [[Kilpatrick Stockton]] LLP
 
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* [[Yellow Roadway Corporation]]
 
* [[Yellow Roadway Corporation]]
 
* [[YMCA]] of the USA
 
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==People==
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* [[C Ron Cheeley]] - Senior Vice President for [[Schering-Plough]] is reported to be a member of the [[American Benefits Council]]<ref>Schering-Plough [http://www.schering-plough.com/schering_plough/about/cheeley_bio.jsp C Ron Cheeley] Accessed 26th February 2008</ref>. Cheeley is also a member of the [[Schering-Plough Foundation]] Board of Trustees, a member of the [[National Academy of Chief Human Resources Officers]] and serves on the board of directors of the [[Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation]]. His previous involvements include serving as group vice president with the [[Pharmacia Corporation]], as a Director for the [[Coca Cola]] Company and as chairman of the board of directors and a member of the executive committee of [[WorldatWork]] (1999-2000). Cheeley has also served as chairman of the [[Conference Board]] Research Council on Employee Benefits and on the [[Conference Board]] Executive Compensation Council. 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 25 May 2008

Background

The American Benefits Council describes itself as 'a dynamic membership organization representing the breadth of American business'[1] and an 'advocate of employer-sponsored benefit programs'[2]. They aim to shape the world of corporate benefits policy with the mission 'to be the most effective advocate for voluntary private employee benefits'. In doing so they initiate and champion 'legislation and regulations favorable to our members' needs and interests, and influences policy development within Congress and the White House and executive branch agencies'. They also 'fend off policy proposals that add burdens, liabilities and costs for the employer plan sponsor community'[3].

Members

In 2008, the American Benefits Council list the following members[4]...

People

References

  1. ↑ American Benefits Council Memberships Accessed 26th February 2008
  2. ↑ American Benefits Council About the CouncilAccessed 26th February 2008
  3. ↑ ibid
  4. ↑ American Benefits Council Memberships Accessed 26th February 2008
  5. ↑ Schering-Plough C Ron Cheeley Accessed 26th February 2008
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