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State Law Provides State Employees Time Off to Vote
As a reminder, State law provides that all state employees must be allowed time off from work to vote: “any person entitled to vote in an election held in this state may be absent
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State Revenues for May
The state has announced overall revenues for May 2018 were $1.1 billion, which is $13.1 million more than the state budgeted. The FY18 Year-to-date revenues for ten months were $321.1 million more than the
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State Employees endorse Harwell and Fitzhugh
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Employees Action Movement (TEAM-PAC) the official PAC of TSEA, today voted to endorse Beth Harwell in the Republican Primary and Craig Fitzhugh in the Democratic Primary in the race for
Read More »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 state budgeted. The FY18
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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 period not to exceed
Read More »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 upon being signed into
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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 to radiation treatment. SB367/HB523
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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 for November 2018. This
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 of valued, advanced, or
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 legislation took effect immediately
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