§ 8-50-701. State Employees
Any state employee may authorize deductions for contributions to the volunteer public education trust fund, established by § 49-3-403, to be made from the employee’s compensation. These deductions shall be in addition to those permitted by other sections of this title. To authorize deductions for contributions to the education trust fund, the state employee shall […]
§ 8-50-702. Part Definitions — Teachers’ Contributions to the Volunteer Public Education Trust
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Local education agency” or “LEA” has the same definition as used in § 49-3-302; and “Teacher” has the same definition as used in § 8-34-101. All LEAs may make available to any teacher the option of contributing to the volunteer public education trust fund by […]
§ 8-50-801. Annual Leave
Each officer and employee of the several departments and agencies of the state government who is scheduled to work one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours or more in a fiscal year, whether compensated on hourly, daily, monthly or on a piecework basis, shall be granted absence from work with pay based upon that officer’s or […]
§ 8-50-802. Sick Leave
Sick leave may be granted to each officer and employee who is scheduled to work one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours or more in a fiscal year, whether compensated on an hourly, daily, monthly, or piecework basis, at the rate of one (1) day for each month of service or major fraction thereof, at the […]
§ 8-50-803. Full-Time Service Accrual for Annual or Sick Leave Purposes
In determining the amount of full-time service accrued by an employee of the state of Tennessee, all full-time service accumulated while employed in any agency, office, or department of the state or in any state college or university shall be credited for purposes of the leave computation set out in §§ 8-50-801 and 8-50-802. Any […]
§ 8-50-804. Employees Returning to State Service — Credit for Prior Employment
Whenever an employee who has worked on a full-time, continuous basis for the state of Tennessee for at least one (1) full year leaves state employment in good standing and returns to state service as a full-time state employee, the employee shall immediately be credited with all sick leave to which the employee was entitled […]
§ 8-50-805. Previous Local School Board Employees or Teachers — Sick Leave
Sections 8-50-803 and 8-50-804 do not apply to state employees or teachers employed by a local school board in Tennessee who leave the employ of the state or of that board in good standing and become full-time state employees within six (6) months of the date of termination. Such employees shall immediately be credited with […]
§ 8-50-806. Leave for Adoptive Parents
Special leave shall be granted for a period of twelve (12) weeks to adoptive parents. Employees may use sick leave and annual leave for all or a portion of that twelve (12) weeks, not to exceed the employee’s leave balance if the child is one (1) year old or less; in the event both parents […]
§ 8-50-807. Termination Compensation
Each officer and employee entitled to annual leave by this part shall be compensated upon termination for the officer’s or employee’s unused accrued annual leave. Annual and sick leave shall not be accrued during a terminal leave period. All persons entitled to terminal leave who are subject to retirement under the state retirement system or […]
§ 8-50-407. Travel Expenses — Payment by Receiving Agency
A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the state, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this part during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.