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TSEA holds Representative Assembly virtually
NASHVILLE – After an unprecedented year for state employees, and the world, TSEA held its first-ever Virtual Representative Assembly on Friday, August 21, 2020. A Virtual Representative Assembly was necessary [&hellip
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DOHR’s Organizational Health Survey
This week, active state employees should have received an email from DOHR with a link to an online survey called the Organizational Health Survey. TSEA has discussed the survey in length with [&hellip
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State Revenues for June 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration Commissioner Butch Eley announced Monday, July 13, that revenues for June were $1.5 billion, which is $12.5 million less than the [&hellip
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Legislative Update: Week ending 6-19-2020
The Tennessee Legislature Thursday night passed a $39 billion state budget, which includes over $1 billion in cuts, including the elimination of FY20/21 raises for state employees. Earlier in the [&hellip
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House passes amended state budget; Senate and House to negotiate differences
Today the Tennessee House passed an amended version of the state budget. The House version of the budget differs significantly from the Senate’s budget, which means the two legislative bodies [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: Week ending 6-12-2020
The Senate yesterday passed a reduced state budget, which incorporates a multitude of cuts, including eliminating raises for state and higher education employees in the coming year. We expect the [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for May 2020
The state has announced revenues for May totaled $981.9 million, which is $197.3 million less than the budgeted monthly revenue estimate and $184.7 million less than May 2019. “May sales [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: Week ending 6-5-2020
The Tennessee General Assembly was very active this week as they work toward finishing up Legislative Session. TSEA Legislation On Wednesday, under the guidance of our dedicated bill sponsor Chairman [&hellip
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Free COVID-19 Testing for State Employees
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group is coordinating with the Department of Health to provide free, voluntary COVID-19 testing for state employees at five (5) test sites across the [&hellip
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Limited Opportunity for Members to Change to Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) Network
The IRS issued guidance and the Insurance Committees approved a special mid-year opportunity for certain plan members to enroll in the Cigna Open Access Plus (OAP) network from June 8-19, 2020. [&hellip
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