Benefits
- Potential opportunities to work from home.
- Each year, full-time state employees receive 11 holidays off with pay.
- A variety of insurance options including health, dental, life insurance, pharmacy, vision, and long and short-term disability.
- Generous annual leave accruals each month that increase with service time and one day of sick leave accrual each month.
- Unique retirement plan options available to you, including one of the nation's strongest defined benefit plans, provided by the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS), a 401(k) plan through services provided by Empower Retirement, retirement readiness education, and an additional savings opportunity through a 457 deferred compensation plan.
- Flexible Benefits Plan - Allows certain expenses (medical or dental insurance premiums, medical or dental expenses, and dependent day care expenses) to be deducted pre-tax resulting in a lower taxable income level.
- Higher Education Fee Waivers & Discounts – A 25% discount on undergraduate tuition at any state-operated institution of higher learning in Tennessee is available to children of employees age 23 or under and employees with six months of continuous service are eligible to have tuition fees waived for one course per semester at a state institution.
- College Savings 529 Program - The TNStars® College Savings 529 Program was created to provide families with an affordable and accessible way to save and invest for the costs associated with higher education.
- ABLE TN - A savings program designed to help individuals with physical and/or mental disabilities put aside money to pay for qualified disability expenses.
- Wellness Program - The State Employee Wellness Program works to increase employees´ knowledge of options for healthier lifestyles through information and events that focus on improving behaviors affecting your health, including pay incentives for certain activities.
- Employee Assistance Program - EAP is a confidential counseling and referral service for all employees and their dependents. All services are strictly confidential and can be accessed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- State Employee Discount Program - Discounts on products and services from various vendors.