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State Revenues for April
The state has announced total tax Revenues for April 2018 were $1.9 billion, which is a growth of 3.76 percent more than last year and $128.3 million more than the [&hellip
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Gov. Haslam signs bill extending Maternity and Paternity leave for State Employees
Yesterday (5-3-18) Governor Haslam signed into law legislation which allows state and higher education employees to use their sick leave and annual leave for maternity or paternity leave for a [&hellip
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Gov. Haslam signs bill to provide employees with evidence prior to disciplinary hearings
Governor Haslam yesterday (5/3/18) signed into law legislation which deals with the handling of evidence for hearings, representation at Step I hearings, and time calculations. This legislation took effect immediately [&hellip
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Gov. Haslam Vetoes proton therapy cancer treatment option for state employees
Governor Haslam has vetoed legislation which would have provided state employees coverage under the state group insurance plan for physician prescribed hypofractionated proton therapy for cancer treatment as an alternative [&hellip
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Health Insurance Premium Holiday coming this November
We are happy to announce that today (4/27/2018) the State Group Insurance Committee voted to give all state employees, higher education employees and pre-65 retirees a health insurance premium holiday [&hellip
Read More »Pay For Performance Raises included in state budget
TSEA has verified that the 2018-2019 state budget, passed last week by the House and Senate, includes funding for pay-for-performance raises of 2.5 percent for state employees with evaluation scores [&hellip
Read More »Subsequent Probation Restored; Governor Signs Bill into Law
Earlier today (4-20-18) Governor Haslam signed into law legislation which restores subsequent probation for preferred service state employees who accept another preferred service position within the same state agency. This [&hellip
Read More »State Revenues for March
The state has announced total tax Revenues for March 2018 totaled $1.1 billion, which is $84.1 million more than the state collected in March of 2017, but $2 million less [&hellip
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Subsequent Probation Bill passes House and Senate, heads to Governor
Earlier today (4-5-18) the Senate and House both unanimously passed an amended version of SB2443. This legislation as amended restores subsequent probation for preferred service state employees who accept another preferred [&hellip
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Veterans Preference Bill passes Senate, heads to Governor
The Senate today (4-4-18) substituted an amended version of HB2006 for SB2192 and passed the bill. This legislation clarifies that a hiring preference for a state service position must be [&hellip
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