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URGENT Legislative Call to Action!
Yesterday, the House State Government Subcommittee allowed a hostile bill detrimental to TSEA’s operations pass on to the full State Government Committee with little questioning. The majority of provisions in [&hellip
Read More »Important committee meetings that state employees need to attend
Pension Plan Update, 3/13/13 This afternoon the House State Government Subcommittee passed the Pension bill on to the full committee without allowing any discussion of the bill. The full committee [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – 3-1-2013
Update on the Proposed Hybrid Pension Plan Earlier this afternoon, TSEA met with Tennessee State Treasurer David Lillard to communicate our concerns about the proposed new Hybrid Pension Plan for [&hellip
Read More »Have you completed your Well-Being Assessment? (Partners for Health Update)
It is March 1, 2013, which means there are only 15 days left to complete your Well-Being Assessment (WBA) which is the first requirement of your Partners For Health (PFH) [&hellip
Read More »Present state employees unaffected by proposed pension changes
As you may know, earlier this week Tennessee State Treasurer David Lillard proposed to the Council on Pensions and Insurance a new Hybrid Pension Plan for state employees, higher education [&hellip
Read More »Important Upcoming TSEA Deadlines
Click on the dates of each deadline for more information on the positions and its requirements State Employee Representative Nominations for the State Insurance Committee and TCRS Board of Trustees Deadline [&hellip
Read More »2012 closes with many high-level meetings
TSEA attends all 2013 Budget Hearings, State Group Insurance meetings, DOHR meetings, and meetings with many other state departments and officials. The end of 2012 was a very productive time [&hellip
Read More »How much do you know about Compensatory Time?
Compensatory Time, or comp time as it is most often called in the work place, is leave with pay earned by an employee who works overtime (OT) but whose job [&hellip
Read More »Changes in the Department of Transportation
If you are a TDOT employee, I am sure you have heard about the plans to restructure the department. The first phase of this restructuring will be to merge the [&hellip
Read More »Changes made to the TEAM Act because of TSEA
Our agreement to cooperate with the Governor’s Administration was a result of weeks of negotiations and help from our friends in the House and Senate. The bill is not perfect, [&hellip
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