On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Tennessee Department of Human Resources (DOHR) announced one-time, cash bonuses to reward state employee performance over the past year.
Employees who received a performance rating of Meets Expectations, Exceeds Expectations, or Exceptional for the 2020-2021 performance cycle will receive a one-time bonus of 1.5, 2.5, or 4 percent, respectively, in January 2022.
The Pay for Performance (P4P) program incentivizes and rewards state employees for achieving individual performance goals and agency objectives. After suspending the program in 2020 due to the economic effects of COVID-19, the program was reinstated in May 2021.