Legislative Updates »
Legislative Update – January 28, 2014
TSEA Meets with Governor Haslam On Friday, TSEA President Phil Morson, Executive Director Robert O’Connell, and Government Affairs Director Sarah Adair attended our annual meeting with Governor Haslam to discuss [&hellip
Read More »
U.S. Congress, President pass continuing appropriations act
Late last night (Wednesday, Oct. 16th), the U.S. Congress and the president came to an agreement to reopen the Federal Government and to raise the nation’s debt limit. Included in [&hellip
Read More »
Haslam salary study rewards, confuses: 100% of State Workers receive 1.5% pay increases, 86% receive additional adjustments, 14% deemed at or above market value
NASHVILLE – Over the last two years, funding was set aside in the General Appropriation bill for the FY 2013-2014 salary policy – effective as of July 1, 2013. Included in [&hellip
Read More »2013 Salary Study Calculator
Earlier this morning, TSEA received a copy of the state’s salary calculator and instructions as sent to workers in DHS. This calculator was provided by the state to assist you in [&hellip
Read More »Compensation Study Update
Earlier today, Governor Haslam sent out the following message to all state employees regarding the compensation study for executive branch employees (There are three branches of government – Judicial, Legislative, [&hellip
Read More »
Press Release: TSEA Files Lawsuit Challenging State’s Handling of Layoffs
NASHVILLE, TN. – The Tennessee State Employees Association (TSEA) has filed a class action lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Davidson County against the State of Tennessee charging that the [&hellip
Read More »
Senator Kyle and Senator Ketron take a stand for Higher Education employees
This week, the Tennessee General Assembly adopted a $32.8 billion 2013-2014 state budget that includes a 1.5% raise for state employees, higher education employees, and K-12 teachers. During Tuesday night’s [&hellip
Read More »
Recap of TSEA’s 2013 Lobby Day
TSEA had another successful Lobby Day on March 26, 2013, with 141 members attending, 17 of whom were first time attendees. It was an even more exciting Lobby Day than [&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 »
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 »
