TSEA »
Legislative Update: 3-6-2020
TSEA Lobby Day disrupted by Nashville tornado State employees in town for TSEA’s 2020 Lobby Day had their plans disrupted when a major tornado passed through downtown Nashville in the early hours of March
Read More »
Join ParTNers for Health: #4Mind4Body Lunch and Learn Sessions
ParTNers for Health has joined Optum, our behavioral health/EAP vendor, and ActiveHealth, our wellness program vendor, to host a series of lunch and learn sessions on a variety of topics, ranging from changing eating
Read More »
Gov. Lee decides to seek family leave through legislation instead of executive order
Governor Bill Lee announced on Wednesday his decision to work toward paid family leave for state employees through the legislative process instead of an executive order. “After consultation with legislative leaders, we feel the
Read More »
New state employee career portal and applicant system
This week, the Tennessee Department of Human Resources announced the launch of a new State of TN career portal and PeopleSoft Recruiting applicant tracking system to search and apply for career opportunities at the
Read More »Gov. Lee’s State of the State Address and Proposed Budget
On Monday, Feb 3, 2020, Gov. Bill Lee gave his second state of the state address outlining the priorities of his proposed state budget. For the second year in a row, Gov. Lee showed
Read More »
Health Insurance Premium Holiday Coming This May
The State Group Insurance Committee recently voted to give all active state and higher education employees an insurance premium holiday this May. An insurance premium holiday means that active state and higher education employees
Read More »
Inclement Weather Policy reminder
It is that time of year when winter weather may have us waking up and debating on whether it is safe to drive to work. Inclement weather does not usually warrant the closing of
Read More »
University of Tennessee to offer employees paid leave
A new leave policy will allow the University of Tennessee employees paid time off for organ donation or to donate bone marrow effective March 1, 2020. According to the University’s press release, the Laura
Read More »
University of Memphis to increase minimum wage to $13 per hour
The University of Memphis President David Rudd today announced in an email to all faculty and staff their plans to increase the minimum wage for all their regular hourly wage employees to $13.00 per
Read More »
Gov. Lee announces 12-weeks paid family leave for state employees
Gov. Bill Lee today signed an executive order to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave for State Employees. According to the Tennessean’s coverage of today’s announcement, Tennessee will be the only state providing 12 weeks
Read More »
