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Lawmaker Pushes for Legislative Branch Employees to Have the Same Rights as Other Feds

August 25, 2022

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Congressional staff on Capitol Hill could soon have many of the same rights as federal employees in the executive branch under a new bill that would institute whistleblower and other protections.

The 2022 Congress Leads by Example Act (H.R. 8743) would provide general whistleblower protections and anti-retaliation measures that federal workers enjoy, but have to date excluded those in the legislative branch. It would also give congressional workers more power to fight against retaliation for their disclosures to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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