This brochure describes employee rights and protections, employing office responsibilities, and the Office of Compliance procedures for dispute resolution. If you have questions or would like additional information, the Office of Compliance will answer your inquiries, or direct you to the appropriate office for assistance.
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This includes those currently working, job applicants, and former employees who may file claims in certain cases. Workplace practices are within the jurisdiction of the CAA only if they violate a particular statutory requirement or prohibition of the CAA . Individual employing offices have wide discretion in setting many workplace policies. Most employing offices are subject to standards under House or Senate rules, or internal rules of the individual employing office or agency, or civil service laws. An independent office within the legislative branch, with a five-member Board of Directors, an Executive Director, a Deputy Executive Director for the Senate, a Deputy Executive Director for the House of Representatives, and a General Counsel, the Office provides education and information to employees and employing offices, and administers a procedure to resolve disputes and to provide remedies if violations are found.