Information for New Employees

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You will <a href="/sites/default/files/2024-09/new_employee_on-boarding_20240905.pdf">find the forms here </a>and on HouseNet in the Forms Library, where you can fill them out electronically and print them. Once you have completed these forms, you must bring them along with the signed original "Payroll Authorization Form," which may be obtained from your employing office, to B215 Longworth House Office Building, or any other location where employment forms are being processed.</p><p> </p></div> </div> </div> <div class="accordian-toc"> <div class="entity-ref-tab-formatter-accordion" id="entity-ref-accordion-formatter"> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </section> <aside class="col-xs-16 col-md-4 pull-md-12"> <div class="region region-sidebar-first"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-submenu-secondary-menu" id="block-submenu-secondary"> <div class="visually-hidden" id="block-submenu-secondary-menu">Sub Menu: Secondary</div> <ul class="menu nav"> <li> <a href="/visitors" title="Visitors" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5">Visitors</a> </li> <li> <a href="/educators-and-students" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6">Educators and Students</a> </li> <li> <a href="/media" title="Media" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7">Media</a> </li> <li> <a href="/doing-business-with-the-house" title="Doing Business with the House" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8">Doing Business with the House</a> </li> <li class="active"> <a href="/employment" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9">Employment</a> <ul class="menu nav"> <li> <a href="/employment/positions-with-members-and-committees" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/86">Positions with Members and Committees</a> </li> <li> <a href="/employment/positions-with-other-house-organizations" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/297">Positions with Other House Organizations</a> </li> <li class="active"> <a href="/employment/information-for-new-employees" title="New employees can view a list of forms that must be filled out when joining the House." data-drupal-link-system-path="node/90" class="is-active" aria-current="page">Information for New Employees</a> </li> <li> <a href="/employment/information-for-former-employees" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/94">Information for Former Employees</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </aside> </div> </div> <footer class="footer container"> <div class="region row region-footer"> <section id="block-footer-content" class="block col-sm-4 block-block-content block-block-contentbf4bee14-47e9-447f-ba00-c2b312d1d662 clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-block-node-embed-ref field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item"><article class="housegov-page default clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-page-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>U.S. House of Representatives<br> Washington, DC 20515<br> Phone: <a href="tel:+12022243121">202-224-3121</a><br> TTY: <a href="tel:+12022251904">202-225-1904</a></p></div> <div class="entity-ref-tab-formatter-accordion" id="entity-ref-accordion-formatter--3"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </section> <section id="block-footer-menu" class="block col-sm-12 block-system block-system-menu-blockfooter clearfix"> <ul class="menu nav"> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/accessibility" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/10">Accessibility</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/contact-webmaster" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/95">Contact Webmaster</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/feature-stories" data-drupal-link-system-path="feature-stories">Feature Stories</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/privacy-policy" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/98">Privacy Policy</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/sitemap" data-drupal-link-system-path="sitemap">Site Map</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/site-tools" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/97">Site Tools</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/terms-of-use" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/96">Terms of Use</a> </li> <li class="expanded dropdown"> <a href="/watch-houselive" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/199">Watch live.house.gov</a> </li> </ul> </section> </div> <script> var elementExists = document.getElementById("required-jobnum"); 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