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TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/9/24

TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/9/24

TSEA February 9, 2024 Comments Off on TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/9/24

This week focused on Gov. Bill Lee’s State of the State and his proposed FY 24-25 budget. TSEA published a full recap of the governor’s speech and proposed budget on [&hellip

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Key Changes to Long-term Disability Benefits – Effective Jan. 1, 2024

Key Changes to Long-term Disability Benefits – Effective Jan. 1, 2024

TSEA October 2, 2023 Comments Off on Key Changes to Long-term Disability Benefits – Effective Jan. 1, 2024

Benefits Administration recently provided TSEA with the information below about your long-term disability benefit options for next year: Reminder annual enrollment is underway: Annual Enrollment for state employees is Oct. [&hellip

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Important Carrier Network Updates

Important Carrier Network Updates

TSEA September 28, 2023 Comments Off on Important Carrier Network Updates

UPDATED (10/2/2023) from the Partners for Heath website: NEW Notice about Parkridge Health System and TriStar Health, System, Inc. (HCA) Facilities for those enrolled in the Cigna Open Access Plus [&hellip

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Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements

Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements

[email protected] May 9, 2023 Comments Off on Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements

Pay for Performance clarification We want to clarify a statement in our Legislative Update Week Ending 4-21-23. In the update, we mentioned that based on the budget which just passed [&hellip

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Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

TSEA March 24, 2023 Comments Off on Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

Good news, Senate Bill 0276, which would provide 12 weeks of paid leave for state employees for the birth or adoption of a child, passed the Senate on Thursday, 3-23-23. Now [&hellip

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Gov. Bill Lee includes raises and additional benefits in proposed budget

Gov. Bill Lee includes raises and additional benefits in proposed budget

TSEA February 7, 2023 Comments Off on Gov. Bill Lee includes raises and additional benefits in proposed budget

NASHVILLE – Governor Bill Lee delivered his State of the State address on February 6, 2023, proposing significant funding for Tennessee’s state employees. Here are a few highlights from Gov. [&hellip

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West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs

West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs

TSEA September 30, 2022 Comments Off on West TN Higher Ed Benefits Fairs

TSEA is attending many of the Higher Education Benefits Fairs in West TN this month. Come out and meet TSEA West TN Field Representative Gayle Williams at one of the [&hellip

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TSEA Childcare Survey

TSEA Childcare Survey

TSEA August 1, 2022 Comments Off on TSEA Childcare Survey

Updated 9/1 – The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated. In 2020, TSEA advocated for working state employees’ childcare assistance and a law was passed that [&hellip

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Is 2022 the year you plan to retire?

Is 2022 the year you plan to retire?

TSEA March 11, 2022 Comments Off on Is 2022 the year you plan to retire?

It is the beginning of a new year, and some TSEA members will be or are considering retiring in 2022. Most state employees, including higher education employees, know the basics [&hellip

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TSEA concerned about funding for 2022 Pay for Performance rewards

TSEA concerned about funding for 2022 Pay for Performance rewards

TSEA November 1, 2021 Comments Off on TSEA concerned about funding for 2022 Pay for Performance rewards

The 2021 Pay for Performance rewards email sent by DOHR to all state employees on May 11, 2021, included a sentence that concerned TSEA and which may have been overlooked [&hellip

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