United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-12-09 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GGD-94-36 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36 P0b002ee1803715cc f:gg94036 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36 GGD-94-36 Congressional employees Employment discrimination Hearings Fair employment programs Civil rights law enforcement Labor-management relations Human resources training Data collection operations Proposed legislation Information dissemination operations Congressional Employees Fairness Act Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1993 Letter Report GGD Although the House of Representatives has experienced an annual turnover rate of 25 percent each year since the Office of Fair Employment Practices was established in 1988, the Office has not been routinely informing congressional staff about employees' rights and the office created to enforce them. Unlike its Senate counterpart, the House Office has not been required to develop programs that would, by heightening awareness of employee rights, prevent violations in the first place. The lack of a statutory mandate or House rule could have contributed to the Office's limited educational efforts. By the end of July 1993, the Office had received more than 1,000 inquiries in the 5 years since it had started up. It had not, however, collected data on the exact nature of the information requested or the concerns expressed--information that would allow the Office to target its educational efforts and to anticipate its potential complaint workload. The Office's hearing procedures could be strengthened by (1) barring the appointment of House employees or officers as hearing officers and (2) requiring that hearing officers be familiar with equal employment opportunity and civil rights laws. Also, the Office's procedures for addressing employees' grievances should be extended to House employees working for the Architect of the Capitol. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36.htm GAO/GGD-94-36 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-36 Letter Report GAO/GGD-94-36; Legislative Employment: Operations of the Office of Fair Employment Practices Could Be Improved; Congressional employees Employment discrimination Hearings Fair employment programs Civil rights law enforcement Labor-management relations Human resources training Data collection operations Proposed legislation Information dissemination operations Congressional Employees Fairness Act Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1993