R -- U.S. House of Representatives Members' Personal Staff Compensation Study.

This survey is designed to provide U.S. House of Representatives Members’ personal offices with information regarding the activities and practices of other Members’ personal office staff compensation, employment practices, and employee benefit trend data. With turnover averaging approximately 30% in veteran Member offices, compensation, employment, and employee benefit trend data of other veteran member offices is critical information in helping them to develop strategies to retain valued staff. As new Members are elected, Members’ personal Office Staff compensation, employment practices, and employee benefit trend data is important as they begin to establish their office practices and procedures, hire staff and remain a competitive hiring agent. In order for negotiations between employer and applicants to work efficiently and to allow U. S. House of Representatives Members’ personal Office Staff (Washington, DC and District offices) employing offices to hire the most qualified candidates for open positions, both the employing office and the applicants must be knowledgeable regarding the activities and practices of the Members’ personal Office Staff labor market. If sufficient current data is readily available to employing offices the negotiation process could lead to inefficient employment agreements – the overcompensation of some staff and the under-compensation of others. An additional effect to inefficient employment relationships is employer/employee dissatisfaction, lowered staff morale, increased staff turnover, reduced constituent servicing and general dissatisfaction among staff member INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE for the full solicitation and related documents at http;//www.house.gov/cao-opp/currentsol.htm