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State Prepares to Implement Salary Adjustments: Payment adjustments to begin with July 1st pay period
As we have previously reported, the State is finishing a salary study that will be implemented on July 1st, 2013. This, of course, is the salary study for which nearly 60 million dollars was
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Press Release: State to require IT workers to reapply for their jobs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 11, 2013 CONTACT: Chris Dauphin OFFICE: (615) 256-4533 State to require IT workers to reapply for their jobs Earlier this week, the Tennessee State Employees Association (TSEA) obtained a
Read More »Anti-TSEA Bill SB0725 Defeated 3/27/13 in Senate Committee
UPDATE 4/2: Rep. Casada’s Union bill (HB0913) was rolled in the House State Government Committee to the first calendar of 2014, this was the companion bill to SB0725. — We did it! We came
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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 the bill describe circumstances
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 will meet next week
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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 employees, and teachers. TSEA
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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 for your Association. Over
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Gov. Haslam signs the TEAM Act
This morning the TEAM Act, the bill that reforms the state’s civil service system, was signed into law by Governor Bill Haslam. Through a bipartisan effort in the legislature and through productive negotiations with
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