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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 § 4-21-408 — Leave for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth and nursing an infant

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  Eligible employees may take up to four months of leave for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth, or nursing an infant, and some employees who give timely notice must be restored to their jobs.

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  TCA § 65-19-204 — Employer liability for injuries

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  An employer is not liable for certain ridesharing injuries, and if it encourages employee ridesharing it must tell employees they are not covered by workers' compensation unless they are on an employer errand or task.

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  TCA § 50-2-106 — Company stores

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  An employer may not use wage withholding to pressure employees to buy from the employer’s store, and may not require employees to shop there as a condition of employment.

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  TCA § 50-6-112 — Actions against third persons — Attorney's fees — Distribution of recovery — Limitations period

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  This section lets an injured worker or dependents pursue a third person when the injury or death was caused by someone other than the employer, but the action must be filed within one year of injury.

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  TCA § 50-7-403 — Experience rating for employers

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  Employers are classified each July 1 based on premium and benefit experience, and specific rules set employer premium rates, transfers of experience, and penalties for knowing violations.

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  TCA § 8-35-205 — Information to be furnished concerning employees

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  The employer’s chief fiscal officer and department heads must give the board information and carry out duties the board prescribes for employees.

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  TCA § 50-2-103 — Payment of employees in private employments

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  Employers in covered private employment must pay wages on a set schedule, use permitted payment methods, keep paydays posted, and follow meal-break and record-access rules.

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  TCA § 50-1-703 — Duties of employers — Office of employment verification assistance — Application — Complaints for violations — Commissioner's order on finding of violation — Penalties

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  Employers must verify work authorization or collect listed documents, keep records, and follow E-Verify rules for certain employees.

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  TCA § 4-7-122 — Retired members — Employment by local enforcement agencies

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  Retired Tennessee highway patrol members may be employed by local law enforcement agencies if they meet the agency’s certification and firearms training requirements.

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  TCA § 56-7-2207 — Health benefit plans — Preexisting conditions — Late enrollees — Premiums — Transfers — Place of business — Filings — Documentation

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  Small-employer health benefit plans must limit preexisting-condition exclusions, credit prior coverage in some cases, and follow carrier disclosure, filing, rating, transfer, and renewal rules.

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  TCA § 56-7-2805 — Small group market — Network plans — Financial capacity limits — Applicability

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  Health insurance issuers in the small group market must accept covered small employers and eligible individuals, with several network-plan, financial, disclosure, and exemption rules.

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  TCA § 50-7-402 — Rate of premiums

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  Employers must pay premiums at 5.5% of wages each calendar year, with a special 1.5% rate for certain governmental employers that choose to be premium-paying employers, subject to § 50-7-403.

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  TCA § 3-6-302 — Electronic registration of lobbyists and employers of lobbyists — Lobbyist photographs — Amendment of inaccuracies — Consolidated statements — Fees

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  Employers of lobbyists and lobbyists must register electronically with the ethics commission, and lobbyists must also file a current photo within 30 days after registering.

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  TCA § 50-6-211 — Contribution to payment of compensation by two or more employers — Agreement between employers

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  When an injured or deceased employee is jointly employed and paid by two or more covered employers, those employers must share the compensation payment in proportion to their wage liability.

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  TCA § 50-6-304 — Last employer liable

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  If an employee has an occupational disease, only the last employer that exposed the employee to the disease hazards, and that employer’s insurer if there is one, are liable.

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  TCA § 8-36-113 — Withholding of payment of contributions or monthly benefit under certain circumstances — Satisfaction of claims of state against terminated member upon application for withdrawal of contributions

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  The board may withhold a member’s retirement contributions or monthly benefit in certain cases, and an employer may claim money owed from those contributions when a member leaves service and owes the employer.

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  TCA § 22-4-106 — Absence from employment — Amount of compensation

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  Employees summoned for jury duty must show the summons to their immediate superior, and employers must excuse qualifying jury-service absences and keep paying usual compensation subject to stated limits and exceptions.

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  TCA § 50-6-241 — Maximum permanent partial disability awards for claims arising after July 1, 2004 but before July 1, 2014 — Public policy regarding legal immigration

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  This section lets certain injured employees seek reconsideration of permanent partial disability benefits, but only within set time limits and subject to specific bars and exceptions.

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  TCA § 56-7-2203 — Part definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the part, including small employer, eligible employee, health benefit plan, carrier, and late enrollee.

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  TCA § 49-5-406 — Employment application, offer and acceptance

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  School hiring authorities must collect written applicant disclosures, notify teachers of employment terms, and teachers must accept or reject offers within the stated deadlines.

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