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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 § 8-35-203 — Membership of employees — Credit for prior service

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  This section says when employees of admitted employers must join the retirement system, when they may choose between plans, and how prior service credit can be earned.

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  TCA § 68-102-308 — Background checks on fire protection personnel

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  This section defines key terms and lets fire employers do background checks, while requiring fire protection personnel to provide information and allowing certain record access limits.

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  TCA § 50-1-307 — Volunteer firefighters — Rights against termination

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  Employers may not fire a volunteer firefighter solely for being absent or late because of an emergency response.

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  TCA § 50-7-106 — Employers not included by employment security law — Notice to employees

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  If an employer is not included in the unemployment compensation insurance coverage requirement, the employer must notify each present and prospective employee in writing.

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  TCA § 68-140-325 — Criminal background check as condition of employment

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  Employers may run criminal background checks for certain emergency medical services job applicants and employees, but applicants must provide information, fingerprints, releases, and pay the investigation costs unless they fail to do so, in which case the employer pays.

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  TCA § 55-50-402 — Notification required by employee

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  Commercial motor vehicle operators must report certain traffic convictions and license-related changes to their employer or the department within set deadlines, and job applicants must disclose prior commercial motor vehicle employment.

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  TCA § 49-14-106 — Hiring of internal auditors — Termination of employment

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  Community college and campus internal auditors can be hired or terminated only with specified recommendations and approvals; chief executive audits must be done by independent internal auditors.

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  TCA § 36-5-2503 — Employer’s compliance with two or more income-withholding orders

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  An employer with two or more income-withholding orders for the same obligor satisfies the orders if it follows the law of the obligor’s principal place of employment to set withholding priorities and divide withheld income.

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  TCA § 50-6-103 — Scope of chapter

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  Employers and employees covered by this chapter must pay and accept compensation for work-related accidental injury or death, without regard to fault.

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  TCA § 50-3-2001 — Employer compliance with the federal hazard communication standard for chemicals and other compliance requirements

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  Employers must follow the federal hazard communication standard and several extra chemical safety, training, reporting, recordkeeping, and signage rules.

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  TCA § 50-9-107 — Testing subject to department of transportation procedures — Verification — Chain of custody procedures — Costs — Discrimination on grounds of voluntary treatment prohibited

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  Covered employers must follow federal drug-testing procedures, pay required test costs, keep certain reasonable-suspicion documentation, and may not take adverse action based only on an unverified positive result.

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  TCA § 50-5-107 — Exempt minors

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  This section does not apply to minors who fit one of the listed categories.

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  TCA § 50-9-106 — Required drug or alcohol tests

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  Covered employers that run drug-free workplaces must carry out several drug and alcohol testing rules for applicants and employees.

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  TCA § 50-1-207 — Prohibition against requiring any employer or employee to waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act or requiring acceptance or agreement to any provisions that are mandatory or non-mandatory subjects of collective bargaining under federal labor laws

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  This section forbids laws, ordinances, or regulations from forcing employers or employees to waive NLRA rights or forcing employers or multi-employer associations to agree to collective-bargaining subjects, with a limited project-labor-agreement exception.

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  TCA § 50-3-605 — Permanent variances

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  An affected employer may ask the commissioner for a variance from a standard, and the commissioner must issue it if the evidence and hearing requirements are met.

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  TCA § 9-4-1004 — Purpose of trust fund — Certification of amount needed to fund benefits — Use of assets

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  The trust fund must be used only for the section’s purpose and reasonable administration/investment expenses, and trustees may transfer money to an employer reserve account if they decide it is in beneficiaries’ best interests.

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  TCA § 49-5-5606 — Passing scores on exams — Eligibility for license and employment

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  Students who pass the state teacher's examination may be awarded a license by the state board of education and may apply for jobs in the school system of their choice.

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  TCA § 36-5-2502 — Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state

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  An employer receiving an income-withholding order must give the obligor a copy right away, treat qualifying out-of-state orders as if issued locally, and withhold and send funds as directed unless specific exceptions apply.

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  TCA § 3-6-304 — Restrictions on lobbying

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  This section bars lobbyists and related employers from giving, soliciting, or accepting certain gifts, loans, campaign contributions, excessive compensation, and other benefits involving officials and candidates.

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  TCA § 56-7-2208 — Formation of health group cooperative of small employers — Registration — Organization

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  A health group cooperative of small employers may be formed only to obtain insurance and must meet membership, enrollment, registration, organizational, and filing requirements.

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