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TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/16/24
It’s been another busy week on the hill with routine departmental budget hearings making their way through various committees. Here are a few links to select hearings. On Monday, the [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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TDOC Announces Salary Adjustments for Probation and Parole Staff
NASHVILLE – Effective July 1, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Correction’s Probation and Parole Officers will receive long-awaited salary adjustments, Commissioner Parker announced Tuesday. According to a press release, the [&hellip
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TDOC launches bonus structure for correctional security series employees
The Tennessee Department of Correction Tuesday announced a new bonus structure for employees in its correctional security series. According to the Tuesday communication to employees, as of April 21, 2021, [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update: Week Ending 2-12-2021
“I said at the start how proud I am of my staff and cabinet, and I am just as proud of all of our fellow co-workers, the best state employees [&hellip
Read More »Statement on Comptroller audit findings in TDOC
The findings included in the recent Comptroller’s audit of TDOC raise serious concerns for the safety of the state employees and inmates in our state prison system. TSEA believes Commissioner [&hellip
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TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 1/19/18
TSEA Legislative Update – week ending 1-19-18 The General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 and got down to business assigning committee chairpersons in the Senate and appointing new [&hellip
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Lawmakers reauthorize Department of Correction for one year
Today the members of the Judiciary and Government Joint Subcommittee of Government Operations reauthorized the Tennessee Department of Correction for a period of one year. The committee’s decision came after [&hellip
Read More »News Release – TSEA: End the use of private prisons in Tennessee
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association today, in light of continued noncompliance with state contract requirements and department policies as reported by the state comptroller, is calling for the [&hellip
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5 Questions with TDOC Commissioner Tony Parker
We recently reached out to Commissioner Parker about the department’s decision to move away from the 28-day work schedule. We thank the commissioner for taking the time to answer the following [&hellip
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