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Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

TSEA March 24, 2023 Comments Off on Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23

Good news, Senate Bill 0276, which would provide 12 weeks of paid leave for state employees for the birth or adoption of a child, passed the Senate on Thursday, 3-23-23. Now [&hellip

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Gov. Haslam signs bill extending Maternity and Paternity leave for State Employees

Gov. Haslam signs bill extending Maternity and Paternity leave for State Employees

TSEA May 4, 2018 Comments Off on 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 Vetoes proton therapy cancer treatment option for state employees

Gov. Haslam Vetoes proton therapy cancer treatment option for state employees

TSEA May 3, 2018 Comments Off on 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

Health Insurance Premium Holiday coming this November

TSEA April 27, 2018 Comments Off on 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

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Bill to increase the Employee Suggestion Award passes House State Gov. Sub

Bill to increase the Employee Suggestion Award passes House State Gov. Sub

TSEA February 8, 2018 Comments Off on Bill to increase the Employee Suggestion Award passes House State Gov. Sub

Yesterday (2/7/18) HB1788 was amended and passed by the House State Gov. Subcommittee. HB1788/SB1919 is sponsored by Rep. Martin Daniel and Sen. Steven Dickerson and is part of TSEA’s 2018 [&hellip

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State Insurance Committee Election results

State Insurance Committee Election results

TSEA November 9, 2017 Comments Off on State Insurance Committee Election results

This morning, TSEA received the results of the election for the vacant seat on the state insurance committee. We’d like to congratulate the winner: Michelle Consiglio-Young, with the Tennessee Supreme [&hellip

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: State Insurance Committee Election

IMPORTANT UPDATE: State Insurance Committee Election

TSEA October 24, 2017 Comments Off on IMPORTANT UPDATE: State Insurance Committee Election

Reminder – Late in the day on Tuesday Oct. 24, due to an error, the state had to restart the State Insurance Committee Election. Employees who voted in the election [&hellip

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Annual enrollment ends next week

Annual enrollment ends next week

TSEA October 6, 2017 Comments Off on Annual enrollment ends next week

State and Higher Education Employees: Reminder, if you plan to make changes to your insurance benefits for 2018, don’t wait too long because your Annual Enrollment ends on Friday, October 13. [&hellip

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Sick Leave Bank Board votes to waive annual assessment

Sick Leave Bank Board votes to waive annual assessment

TSEA September 28, 2017 Comments Off on Sick Leave Bank Board votes to waive annual assessment

The Sick Leave Bank (SLB) Board of Trustees today voted unanimously to waive this year’s annual assessment of sick leave. Members can expect to receive a written notice of the [&hellip

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Open Enrollment ends Oct. 14 for TN State Employees

Open Enrollment ends Oct. 14 for TN State Employees

TSEA October 3, 2016 Comments Off on Open Enrollment ends Oct. 14 for TN State Employees

The open enrollment period for Tennessee state employees ends Friday, October 14 — for State and Higher Education employees. (Note: retirees have an additional 2 weeks through October 28.) Health Insurance premiums [&hellip

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