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DOHR provides Employee Proficiency Assessment update – more details to come in Jan 2024
This week, DOHR Commissioner Juan Williams sent a communication to all Executive Branch employees providing next steps for the Employee Proficiency Assessment program, including some insight into who might be considered for pay raises
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Important Carrier Network Updates
UPDATED (12/8/23) NEW Notice from ParTNers for Health about Vanderbilt University Medical Center Facilities in Middle Tennessee Cigna and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reached an agreement. The following facilities will remain in Cigna
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Gov. Bill Lee’s Fiscal 2024-25 Budget Hearings
In early November 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee held important budget meetings for the 2024-25 fiscal year. During these meetings, various state departments presented their budget requests and plans, covering everything from education to
Read More »Key Changes to Long-term Disability Benefits – Effective Jan. 1, 2024
Benefits Administration recently provided TSEA with the information below about your long-term disability benefit options for next year: Reminder annual enrollment is underway: Annual Enrollment for state employees is Oct. 1 – Oct. 13,
Read More »Important Carrier Network Updates
UPDATED (10/2/2023) from the Partners for Heath website: NEW Notice about Parkridge Health System and TriStar Health, System, Inc. (HCA) Facilities for those enrolled in the Cigna Open Access Plus Network Cigna and HCA
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2023 Pay for Performance Awards Announced
The Tennessee Department of Human Resources has announced the pay for performance (P4P) awards for eligible state employees. According to a communication from DOHR, “employees who received a rating of Meets Expectations, Exceeds Expectations,
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PBI data breach update
TSEA continues to take calls from some of our retiree members who have yet to receive a letter from Pension Benefits Information (PBI) regarding the June MOVEit file transfer data breach. In June, the
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2023 Summer Recruitment Campaign
Exciting news! Our Summer Membership Recruitment Campaign is here, and we want YOU to be a part of it! Campaign Period: Aug 1, 2023 – Nov. 3, 2023 Here’s how it works: Recruit three
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2023 Raises for Higher Education Employees
TSEA has closely monitored the Board of Trustees meetings of all universities since the legislative session concluded. Our aim is to inform our members about how the 5 percent salary pool, which was approved
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Understanding the New Performance Management Cycle
We have received many phone calls about the timing of this year’s Pay for Performance (P4P) rewards. Based on information from the Department of Human Resources (included below), P4P rewards will not appear in
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