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Gov. Lee decides to seek family leave through legislation instead of executive order
Governor Bill Lee announced on Wednesday his decision to work toward paid family leave for state employees through the legislative process instead of an executive order. “After consultation with legislative [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 2-14-2020
Highlights from the week: TSEA met this week with House Speaker Cameron Sexton to discuss TSEA legislative agenda items and important state employee issues and concerns. We are encouraged by [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 2-7-2020
The legislative bill filing deadline has now passed (Wednesday, Feb. 5), so we can begin looking over the hundreds of bills filed to determine those that would impact state employees. [&hellip
Read More »New state employee career portal and applicant system
This week, the Tennessee Department of Human Resources announced the launch of a new State of TN career portal and PeopleSoft Recruiting applicant tracking system to search and apply for [&hellip
Read More »Gov. Lee’s State of the State Address and Proposed Budget
On Monday, Feb 3, 2020, Gov. Bill Lee gave his second state of the state address outlining the priorities of his proposed state budget. For the second year in a [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 1-31-2020
Middle TN Legislative Dinner Thursday’s Legislative Dinner in Nashville was a great success. We had a great turnout of TSEA members who showed up to express their concerns, speak to [&hellip
Read More »Health Insurance Premium Holiday Coming This May
The State Group Insurance Committee recently voted to give all active state and higher education employees an insurance premium holiday this May. An insurance premium holiday means that active state [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: 1-24-2020
Health Insurance Premium HolidayThe State Group Insurance Committee today approved an insurance premium holiday for May 2020 for active state and higher education employees. What this means for State Employees: [&hellip
Read More »Inclement Weather Policy reminder
It is that time of year when winter weather may have us waking up and debating on whether it is safe to drive to work. Inclement weather does not usually [&hellip
Read More »University of Tennessee to offer employees paid leave
A new leave policy will allow the University of Tennessee employees paid time off for organ donation or to donate bone marrow effective March 1, 2020. According to the University’s [&hellip
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