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Understanding the New Performance Management Cycle
We have received many phone calls about the timing of this year’s Pay for Performance (P4P) rewards. Based on information from the Department of Human Resources (included below), P4P rewards will not appear in
Read More »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 the legislature, state employees
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/17/23
Great news, TSEA members! The TSEA Board has unanimously approved our Legislative agenda for 2023, and we are moving ahead focused on those priorities. You can view our legislative priorities in the Jan/Feb/Mar Co-Worker,
Read More »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. Lee’s proposed budget: Increase
Read More »2023 Pay for Performance Bonuses Announced
The state has released information about the state employee Pay-for-Performance cash bonus rewards for the 2021-2022 performance cycle. According to a December 21, 2022 communication from DOHR, employees with performance ratings of Meets Expectations,
Read More »DOHR Announces July 1 Raises for State Employees
The Tennessee Department of Human Resources today announced Pay for Performance (P4P) and Expanded Pay Benefits rewards to eligible state employees effective July 1, 2022. According to a communication from DOHR, “employees eligible for
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 2-4-2022
Gov. Bill Lee this week presented his 4th State of the State address. While he didn’t outright mention state employees in his speech, he also released his FY2022/2023 Budget Proposal, which proposes funding a 4-percent salary
Read More »Legislative Update Week Ending 1-21-2022
The 112th Tennessee General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Livestreams and videos of legislative meetings and activities are accessible on the legislative calendar page at this link: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/schedule/ We have had a
Read More »Winter Pay Adjustments and Bonuses 2021-2022
On Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, state employees received excellent news about upcoming pay adjustments. Some details of those announcements are included below. “We are grateful to the Lee administration and the members of the
Read More »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 by many. The sentence
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