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State Announces Changes to Employee Performance Management Program
Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Human Resources (DOHR) Commissioner Rebecca Hunter today revealed changes to the performance management program for state employees. According to a news release, “Performance Management [&hellip
Read More »Performance Evaluation Reviews for Cycle Ending September 30, 2017
For a few weeks now TSEA has been fielding calls about Final Evaluations for the cycle just ended. We want to remind you of some important actions that can be [&hellip
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »Pay For Performance changes
As you may have heard or read, there has been a change in how the Pay for Performance salary adjustments are allocated for the next round of salary increases. According to the Dept. of Human Resources’ [&hellip
Read More »Thousands of market adjustments confirmed
Great news for state employees – thousands of market adjustments are confirmed! State employees can now view their July 1 market adjustments in Edison. Employees in the executive branch earning $50,000 [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Exclusive: Q&A with DOHR Commissioner Rebecca Hunter
On efforts to increase employee pay, the recent comptroller’s audit of DOHR, and her passion for service. by Chris Dauphin, TSEA Communications Director and Gayle Robb, TSEA Comp & Benefits [&hellip
Read More »No raise if under one year of service on Sep 30
This past Friday, TSEA learned from a DOHR communication that not all state employees will receive the upcoming January pay for performance raises. The October notification specifically stated, “To be [&hellip
Read More »Pay our correctional officers more than Wal-Mart’s retail associates
One of the factors contributing to ongoing high turnover in the Department of Correction is low pay for correctional officers. During Monday’s special House State Government committee meeting, TDOC Commissioner [&hellip
Read More »Bill that would eliminate Longevity Pay rolled two weeks
The House State Government Subcommittee today was scheduled to discuss HB647, the bill that would eliminate Longevity Pay for the majority of state employees, however that discussion was postponed. Rep. Bill [&hellip
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