diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/artifacts/specialized/ExecutionCountBatchlet.java b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/artifacts/specialized/ExecutionCountBatchlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d115b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/artifacts/specialized/ExecutionCountBatchlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 International Business Machines Corp.
+ * 
+ * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. Licensed under the Apache License, 
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+*/
+package com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized;
+
+import javax.batch.api.AbstractBatchlet;
+import javax.batch.api.BatchProperty;
+import javax.batch.runtime.context.JobContext;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+@javax.inject.Named("executionCountBatchlet")
+public class ExecutionCountBatchlet extends AbstractBatchlet {
+    
+    @Inject
+    JobContext jobCtx;
+    
+    @Inject
+    @BatchProperty (name="executionCount.number")
+    String executionNumber;
+    
+    public static final String output="ExecutionCountBatchlet Exited on execution ";
+	
+	@Override
+	public String process() throws Exception {	
+		
+		Integer executionCount;
+
+		if(executionNumber!=null){
+			executionCount=Integer.parseInt(executionNumber);
+		}
+		else{
+			executionCount=0;
+		}
+	
+		jobCtx.setExitStatus(output+executionCount);
+		
+		return "EXECUTION "+executionCount;		
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void stop() throws Exception {
+				
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/ChunkTests.java b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/ChunkTests.java
index c9aec22..37a62c8 100755
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/ChunkTests.java
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/ChunkTests.java
@@ -1331,13 +1331,16 @@ public void testChunkSkipWriteExceedSkip() throws Exception {
      *                     the specified item-count, and that none of those objects are null.
      */
     @TCKTest(
-            specRef={
-                    @SpecRef(section={"9.2.7"},version="1.0", note="See Javadoc"),
+            specRefs={
+                    @SpecRef(section="9.2.7",version="1.0", notes={"See Javadoc"}),
             },
-            apiRef={
-                    @APIRef(className="javax.batch.api.chunk.listener.SkipWriteListener")
+            apiRefs={
+                    @APIRef(className="")
             },
-            tckVersionUpdated="1.1.WORKING")    
+            assertions={"The number of items in the list passed to the listener is correct",
+            		    "All of the items are non-null",
+            		    "The values of the items match the expected values"},
+            versions="1.1.WORKING")    
     @Test
     @org.junit.Test
     public void testChunkSkipWriteVerify() throws Exception {
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/JobExecutableSequenceTests.java b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/JobExecutableSequenceTests.java
index 21595fd..951e13a 100755
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/JobExecutableSequenceTests.java
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/JobExecutableSequenceTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 International Business Machines Corp.
+ * Copyright 2016 International Business Machines Corp.
  * 
  * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
  * regarding copyright ownership. Licensed under the Apache License, 
@@ -16,15 +16,20 @@
  */
 package com.ibm.jbatch.tck.tests.jslxml;
 
+import static com.ibm.jbatch.tck.utils.AssertionUtils.assertObjEquals;
 import static com.ibm.jbatch.tck.utils.AssertionUtils.assertWithMessage;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import javax.batch.operations.JobStartException;
 import javax.batch.runtime.BatchStatus;
 import javax.batch.runtime.JobExecution;
+import javax.batch.runtime.Metric;
+import javax.batch.runtime.StepExecution;
+import javax.crypto.CipherInputStream;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.testng.Reporter;
@@ -32,6 +37,10 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import com.ibm.jbatch.tck.annotations.APIRef;
+import com.ibm.jbatch.tck.annotations.SpecRef;
+import com.ibm.jbatch.tck.annotations.TCKTest;
+import com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.ExecutionCountBatchlet;
 import com.ibm.jbatch.tck.utils.JobOperatorBridge;
 
 public class JobExecutableSequenceTests {
@@ -50,6 +59,17 @@ public class JobExecutableSequenceTests {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 * @throws InterruptedException
 	 */
+	
+	 @TCKTest(
+				specRefs={
+						@SpecRef(section="5.3",version="1.0", notes={""})
+				},
+				apiRefs={
+						@APIRef(className="")
+				},
+				versions="1.1.WORKING",
+				assertions={"Section 5.3 Flow"}
+				)    
 	@Test
 	@org.junit.Test
 	public void testJobExecutableSequenceToUnknown() throws Exception {
@@ -79,6 +99,129 @@ public void testJobExecutableSequenceToUnknown() throws Exception {
 			handleException(METHOD, e);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	 @TCKTest(
+				specRefs={
+						@SpecRef(section="8.9.3",version="1.0", citations={"The specification prohibits ‘next’ and ‘to’ attribute values that result in a “loop”."})
+				},
+				apiRefs={
+						@APIRef(className="")
+				},
+				versions="1.1.WORKING",
+				assertions={"A step is transitioned to more than one in execution of a job"}
+				)
+	
+	
+	@Test
+	@org.junit.Test
+	public void testJobTransitionWithSimpleLoop() throws Exception {
+
+		String METHOD = "testJobTransitionWithSimpleLoop";
+
+		try {
+			JobExecution jobExec = null;
+			try{
+				jobExec = jobOp.startJobAndWaitForResult("job_simple_loop", null);
+			} catch (JobStartException e) {
+				Reporter.log("Caught JobStartException:  " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
+				return; //Since the job will be invalid when it loops, if the job fails to start because of that, the test should pass.
+			}
+			
+			Reporter.log("Job execution getBatchStatus()="+jobExec.getBatchStatus()+"<p>");
+			assertObjEquals(BatchStatus.FAILED, jobExec.getBatchStatus());
+			
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			handleException(METHOD, e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * @testName: testJobTransitionLoopWithRestart
+	 * @assertion: Section 10.8 restart processing
+	 * @test_Strategy: 1. setup a job consisting of 3 steps (step1 next to step2, step2 fail, restart @ step1, transition to step 2, back to step 1)
+	 * 				   2. start job 
+	 * 				   3. job should fail because it shouldn't be able to transition twice to step 1 in the same execution
+	 * 
+	 * @throws JobStartException
+	 * @throws FileNotFoundException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @throws InterruptedException
+	 */
+	 @TCKTest(
+				specRefs={
+						@SpecRef(section="10.8",version="1.0", citations={"...for restart we need: a definition of where in the job definition to begin; rules for deciding whether or not to execute the current execution element; and rules for performing transitioning, especially taking into account that all steps relevant to transitioning may not have executed on this (restart) execution."}),
+						@SpecRef(section="8.9.3",version="1.0", notes={""})
+				},
+				apiRefs={
+						@APIRef(className="")
+				},
+				versions="1.1.WORKING",
+				assertions={"A step is not executed more than once on job restart if not set with \"allow-start-if-complete\"",
+							"A step may be executed more than once on job restart if set with \"allow-start-if-complete\""},
+				issueRefs={"Bugzilla 5691", "Github 31"})    
+	
+	@Test
+	@org.junit.Test
+	public void testJobTransitionLoopWithRestart() throws Exception {
+
+		String METHOD = "testJobTransitionLoopWithRestart";
+
+		try {
+			JobExecution jobExec = null;
+			try{
+				Properties jobParams = new Properties();
+				jobParams.put("executionCount.number", "1");
+				jobExec = jobOp.startJobAndWaitForResult("job_restart_second_transition", null);
+			} catch (JobStartException e) {
+				Reporter.log("Caught JobStartException:  " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
+				return; //Since the job will be invalid when it loops, if the job fails to start because of that, the test should pass.
+			}
+			Reporter.log("First Job execution getBatchStatus()="+jobExec.getBatchStatus()+"<p>");
+			assertObjEquals(BatchStatus.FAILED, jobExec.getBatchStatus());
+			
+			Reporter.log("Obtaining StepExecutions for execution id: " + jobExec.getExecutionId() + "<p>");
+			List<StepExecution> steps = jobOp.getStepExecutions(jobExec.getExecutionId());
+
+			assertObjEquals(2, steps.size());
+
+			for (StepExecution step : steps) {
+				showStepState(step);
+				assertObjEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, step.getBatchStatus());
+			}
+			
+			JobExecution restartedJobExec =null;
+			try{
+				 Properties jobParams = new Properties();
+				 jobParams.put("executionCount.number", "2");
+				restartedJobExec = jobOp.restartJobAndWaitForResult(jobExec.getExecutionId(),jobParams);
+			} catch(JobStartException e) {
+				Reporter.log("Caught JobStartException:  " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
+				return;
+			}
+			
+			Reporter.log("Obtaining StepExecutions for execution id: " + restartedJobExec.getExecutionId() + "<p>");
+			List<StepExecution> steps2 = jobOp.getStepExecutions(restartedJobExec.getExecutionId());
+			
+			final String message="Number of steps in this execution: ";
+
+			assertObjEquals(message+"1", message+steps2.size());
+			StepExecution step=steps2.get(0);
+			showStepState(step);
+			assertObjEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, step.getBatchStatus());
+			assertObjEquals("step2", step.getStepName());
+			
+			Reporter.log("Second Job execution getExitStatus()="+restartedJobExec.getExitStatus()+"<p>");
+			assertObjEquals(ExecutionCountBatchlet.output+"2", restartedJobExec.getExitStatus());
+			
+			Reporter.log("Second Job execution getBatchStatus()="+restartedJobExec.getBatchStatus()+"<p>");
+			assertObjEquals(BatchStatus.FAILED, restartedJobExec.getBatchStatus());
+
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			handleException(METHOD, e);
+		}
+	}
 
 	private static void handleException(String methodName, Exception e) throws Exception {
 		Reporter.log("Caught exception: " + e.getMessage()+"<p>");
@@ -113,4 +256,22 @@ public void beforeTest() throws ClassNotFoundException {
 	public void afterTest() {
 		jobOp = null;
 	}
+	
+	private void showStepState(StepExecution step) {
+		Reporter.log("---------------------------<p>");
+		Reporter.log("getStepName(): " + step.getStepName() + " - ");
+		Reporter.log("getStepExecutionId(): " + step.getStepExecutionId() + " - ");
+		Metric[] metrics = step.getMetrics();
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < metrics.length; i++) {
+			Reporter.log(metrics[i].getType() + ": " + metrics[i].getValue() + " - ");
+		}
+
+		Reporter.log("getStartTime(): " + step.getStartTime() + " - ");
+		Reporter.log("getEndTime(): " + step.getEndTime() + " - ");
+		Reporter.log("getBatchStatus(): " + step.getBatchStatus() + " - ");
+		Reporter.log("getExitStatus(): " + step.getExitStatus()+"<p>");
+		Reporter.log("---------------------------<p>");
+	}
 }
+
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/PropertySubstitutionTests.java b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/PropertySubstitutionTests.java
index fb071b7..0aa10b1 100755
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/PropertySubstitutionTests.java
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/java/com/ibm/jbatch/tck/tests/jslxml/PropertySubstitutionTests.java
@@ -235,15 +235,23 @@ public void testGivenPropertyName() throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * @testName: testPropertyInnerScopePrecedence
-	 * 
-	 * @assertion: A batch artifacts properties overrides any parent properties defined in 
-	 * an outer XML scope. Child properties always override parent properties with the same name.
-	 * 
-	 * @test_Strategy: Issue a job with a step level property and batchlet property with the same name.
-	 * Verify that the injected property value is from the artifact level property.
-	 */
+	@TCKTest(
+		versions={"1.0", "1.1.WORKING"},
+		assertions={"For an artifact level property that is resolved via the jobProperties substitution operator, a "
+				+ "step level property holds precedence over a job level property with the specified target name."},
+		specRefs={
+			@SpecRef(
+				version="1.0", section="8.8.1.2",
+				citations={"The jobProperties substitution operator resolves to the value of the job property with "
+						+ "the specified target name. This property is found by recursively searching from the "
+						+ "innermost containment scope (this includes earlier properties within the current scope) "
+						+ "to the outermost scope until a property with the specified target name is found."}
+			),
+		},
+		strategy="Issue a job with a batchlet level property of #{jobProperties['batchletPropVal']}. The job will have "
+				+ "a job level property and a step level property, both with the name of batchletPropVal. Verify that "
+				+ "the step level property is the one used for substitution."
+	)
 	@Test
 	@org.junit.Test
 	public void testPropertyInnerScopePrecedence() throws Exception {
@@ -257,11 +265,11 @@ public void testPropertyInnerScopePrecedence() throws Exception {
 			System.setProperty("property.junit.propName", "batchletProp");
 
 			Reporter.log("Invoke startJobAndWaitForResult<p>");
-			JobExecution jobExec = jobOp.startJobAndWaitForResult("job_properties2");
+			jobOp.startJobAndWaitForResult("job_properties2");
 
 			String result = System.getProperty("property.junit.result");
 			Reporter.log("Test result: " + result + "<p>");
-			assertObjEquals("batchletPropValue", result);
+			assertObjEquals("STEP_OVERRIDE", result);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			handleException(METHOD, e);
 		}
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_properties2.xml b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_properties2.xml
index a7c9276..8844965 100755
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_properties2.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_properties2.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 	<properties>
 		<property name="myprop1" value="step2" />
 		<property name="myprop2" value="#{jobProperties['myprop1']}" />
-		<property name="batchletProp" value="JOB_OVERRIDE" />
+		<property name="batchletPropVal" value="JOB_OVERRIDE" />
 		<property name="parentProp" value="SHOULD_BE_OUT_OF_SCOPE_OF_@INJECT_@BATCHLETPROPERTY" />
 	</properties>
 	<step id="step1" next="#{jobProperties['myprop1']}">
 	    <properties>
-	    	<property name="batchletProp" value="STEP_OVERRIDE" />
+	    	<property name="batchletPropVal" value="STEP_OVERRIDE" />
 		</properties>
 		<batchlet ref="myBatchletWithPropertiesImpl">
 			<properties>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 				<property name="myProperty2" value="value2" />
 				<property name="myProperty4" value="value4" />
 				<property name="mySubmittedProp" value="#{jobParameters['mySubmittedProp']}" />
-				<property name="batchletProp" value="batchletPropValue" />
+				<property name="batchletProp" value="#{jobProperties['batchletPropVal']}" />
 				<property name="defaultPropName1" value="#{jobParameters['infile.name']}?:myfile1.txt;" />
 				<property name="defaultPropName2" value="#{jobParameters['unresolving.prop']}?:#{systemProperties['file.separator']};#{jobParameters['infile.name']}?:#{systemProperties['file.name.junit']};.txt" />
 				<property name="myConcatProp" value="#{jobParameters['myFilename']}.txt" />
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_restart_second_transition.xml b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_restart_second_transition.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0313a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_restart_second_transition.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2016 International Business Machines Corp.
+  
+  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership. Licensed under the Apache License, 
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<job id="job_restart_second_transition" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" version="1.0">
+	<step id="step1" next="after1">
+		<batchlet ref="myBatchletImpl"/>
+	</step>
+	<decision id="after1" ref="transitionDecider">
+	<!-- The return value is prefixed by the number of times the decision was called. That number is reset during the job restart.
+		So, if there is a second call to the same decision during one job execution, then an execution loop occurred  -->
+		<next on="1*" to="step2"/>
+		<fail on="2*" exit-status="Transitioned through step 1 twice without failing"></fail>
+	</decision>
+	<step id="step2" allow-start-if-complete="true">
+		<batchlet ref="executionCountBatchlet">
+			<properties>
+				<property name="executionCount.number" value="#{jobParameters['executionCount.number']}"/>
+			</properties>
+		</batchlet>	
+		<!-- The execution number here is in reference to a job parameter -->
+		<fail on="EXECUTION 1"/>
+		<next on="EXECUTION 2" to="step1"/>
+		<fail on="*" exit-status="Invalid amount of executions"/>
+	</step>
+</job>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_simple_loop.xml b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_simple_loop.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37c5f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch-jobs/job_simple_loop.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2016 International Business Machines Corp.
+  
+  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership. Licensed under the Apache License, 
+  Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<job id="job_simple_loop" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" version="1.0">
+
+	<step id="step1" next="step2">
+		<batchlet ref="myBatchletImpl"/>
+	</step>
+	<step id="step2" next="step1">
+		<batchlet ref="myBatchletImpl"/>
+	</step>
+
+</job>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch.xml b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch.xml
index 05e74b0..6a27f73 100755
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.tck/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <ref id="doSomethingSimpleArrayWriter" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.DoSomethingSimpleArrayWriter" />
     <ref id="doSomethingSimpleTimeArrayReader" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.DoSomethingSimpleTimeArrayReader" />
     <ref id="doSomethingSimpleTimeArrayWriter" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.DoSomethingSimpleTimeArrayWriter" />
+    <ref id="executionCountBatchlet" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.ExecutionCountBatchlet" />
     <ref id="failRestartBatchlet" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.FailRestartBatchlet" />
     <ref id="flowTransitionToDecisionTestBatchlet" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.FlowTransitionToDecisionTestBatchlet" />
     <ref id="flowTransitionToDecisionTestDecider" class="com.ibm.jbatch.tck.artifacts.specialized.FlowTransitionToDecisionTestDecider" />