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Employment law in United States — Tennessee

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 54-7-110 — Employment of legal counsel

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  The chief administrative officer may employ legal counsel, or ask to use county-retained counsel, for litigation tied to the county highway department.

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  TCA § 50-1-601 — Part definitions

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  This section defines “employer,” “reduction in operations,” and “workplace.”

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  TCA § 56-7-1109 — Effect of accidents on premiums

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  In certain non-negligent traffic accidents, insurers must not use the accident to raise personal auto premiums.

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  TCA § 4-21-314 — Simultaneous action in state and federal courts concerning common nucleus of operative facts prohibited

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  An employee may not keep a related state-court claim going while also prosecuting a federal case based on the same core facts, and the state court must dismiss the state case if the employer asks.

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  TCA § 8-36-821 — Employment as a teacher

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  Some retired people may work as K-12 teachers without losing retirement benefits if they meet license, certification, and area-of-need conditions.

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  TCA § 50-6-122 — Case management and utilization review — Use of HMOs and PPOs — Legislative intent — Claims by health care providers

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  Employers may use HMOs and PPOs in workers' compensation cases, and health care providers generally may not pursue private claims for treatment costs against claimants except in stated situations.

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  TCA § 63-1-115 — Employment of administrative and enforcement personnel

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  The division may hire investigators, inspectors, or agents, or use other necessary means, to enforce this chapter and related healing arts laws.

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  TCA § 41-6-108 — Failure to return

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  If inmates in restitution employment programs do not return to restitution centers within the required time, that failure counts as prima facie evidence of escape and is punishable under state law.

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  TCA § 49-5-505 — [Reserved.]

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  The local board of education may set employment standards or maintain educational requirements for personnel in service, if the requirements are general and approved by the state board of education.

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  TCA § 69-6-125 — Employment of counsel

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  Watershed district directors may employ attorneys for district matters, including preliminary work needed to establish the district, and the district must pay those legal costs as a district expense.

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  TCA § 8-35-116 — County judges and county officials

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  County officials and county judges may join the Tennessee consolidated retirement system only under the statute’s conditions, and some must join when taking office after July 1, 2018.

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  TCA § 50-6-121 — Advisory council on workers' compensation

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  This section creates an advisory council on workers' compensation and sets rules for its membership, meetings, reporting, and lobbyist restrictions.

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