WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD TO LOCATE MISSING PARTICIPANTS?

No one answer. Try:

1. other EEs,
2. phone book,
3. relatives in phone book,
4. internet search,
5. Social Security Administration,
6. IRS,
7. private locator services,
8. another organization that might have address, such as college alumni records,
9. forwarding address at phone company, etc.

If this is a termination of a DB plan, then PBGC has a procedure (Missing Participant Program).

Elizabeth:
I've got an article on this topic which provides some details about the SSA and IRS programs.

Panel Journals
Journal of Pension Benefits
Volume 2, Issue 1, Autumn 1994
Handling "Lost" Participants
By ELINOR R. MERL and FRANCES G. SIELLER

If you're interested, I can email it to you.

Could you please e-mail what you have to LisaLCA@yahoo.com.

THANK YOU!

I know of SSA program re: locating missing participants. But I have been unable to find IRS program! What is the internet address or the snail-mail address & phone/fax number.

Could you please also send me info of 2/3 commercial locators, if you have it.


Regards.


Basharat