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Employment law in United States — Tennessee

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 50-7-452 — Including with employer's annual premium rate notice a statement of benefits charged to employer's experience rating account

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  The department must add certain benefit-charge information to an employer’s annual premium rate notice if the employer requests it, and must explain how the employer can opt in.

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  TCA § 50-1-302 — Interference with choice of physician — Company doctors

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  Employers and certain employer agents must not interfere with an employee’s choice of family physician, and they must not withhold wages to pay a company doctor without the employee’s full consent.

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  TCA § 50-7-208 — “Employment office” defined

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  This provision defines “employment office.”

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  TCA § 50-3-604 — Temporary variances — Applications

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  An employer applying for a temporary variance must include specific information and certify that employees were told about the application and their right to ask the commissioner for a hearing.

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  TCA § 50-1-709 — Termination of employment of illegal aliens

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  If an employer does not end an employee’s job after a final E-Verify non-confirmation, the department may take that fact into account.

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  TCA § 50-1-1002 — Part definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the part, including adverse action, applicant, employer, law enforcement agency, and personal internet account.

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  TCA § 56-56-101 — “Professional employer organization benefit and welfare plan” defined

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  This section defines “professional employer organization benefit and welfare plan.”

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  TCA § 8-33-101 — Chapter definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the chapter, including military duty, position, public employee, public employer, and public employment.

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  TCA § 50-6-132 — Report of employers who fail to provide coverage

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  Each year by December 31, the bureau of workers' compensation must prepare and send a report about covered employers that failed to maintain required workers' compensation coverage or self-insured status, limited to failures that caused non-coverage periods.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 63-1-126 — Refusal to submit to drug test or testing positive for any drug violation of practitioner's practice act

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  Healthcare practitioners who refuse a drug test or test positive may have to act within 3 business days, and employers, treatment programs, and the board have reporting or discipline duties tied to the result.

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  TCA § 41-2-130 — Employment of prisoners in another county

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  A county board or county legislative body may authorize prison or jail officials to arrange for a prisoner’s employment in another county.

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  TCA § 62-27-128 — Employer action based on polygraph exam

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  An employer may not take personnel action based only on a polygraph test result.

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  TCA § 50-9-112 — Temporary employment agencies exempt from drug-free workplace requirements

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  A temporary employment agency is exempt from being required to implement a drug-free workplace under this chapter.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 65-19-203 — Workers' compensation

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  Workers' compensation chapter 50 does not apply to injuries during certain ridesharing trips, unless the employer owns, leases, or contracts for the vehicle used.

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  TCA § 29-26-206 — Employer liability

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  An employer or former employer of a therapist may be liable if sexual misconduct occurred and the employer knew about it, failed to act, failed to ask a former employer in some cases, or refused to disclose it after a written request.

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  TCA § 49-7-131 — Eligibility for employment or promotion after serving on presidential search committee

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  People who serve on a presidential search committee for a public higher education system or institution in this state are not eligible for initial employment or promotion by that system or institution for 12 months after the committee finishes its business.

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  TCA § 50-1-702 — Part definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the part.

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  TCA § 8-35-107 — Temporary employment period

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  Certain public employers may establish a temporary employment period of up to six months, but some employers are barred from creating one, and employers may not require a rehired worker to repeat it.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 62-43-102 — Chapter definitions

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  This section defines key terms used in the chapter, including applicant, client, covered employee, professional employer organization, and related terms.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 50-7-306 — Seasonal employment

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  This section defines seasonal employment rules, sets the process for getting seasonal employer status, requires notice to workers, and limits when seasonal wages are excluded from benefits calculations.

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