Assembly staffers surveyed as part of bipartisan effort to boost retention, recruitment

Speaker Robin Vos has brought in the National Conference of State Legislatures to survey Assembly staffers about their job duties and pay amid bipartisan concerns over recruiting and retaining aides to state reps.

Vos, R-Rochester and president emeritus of the group, OK’d the project at a cost of $114,256. Oshkosh Dem Gordon Hintz, who’s leaving his post as minority leader next month, expressed his support for the endeavor.

It appears to be the first study of its kind with the Legislature’s HR office saying it couldn’t find any similar comprehensive studies on pay for Assembly aides. The HR office also doesn’t track staff turnover.

Vos said the Senate has been “very good at stealing a lot of our staffers” and that both Gov. Tony Evers and former Gov. Scott Walker pulled Assembly aides into their administrations.

Read more: https://www.wispolitics.com/2021/assembly-staffers-surveyed-as-part-of-bipartisan-effort-to-boost-retention-recruitment/