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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.

519 matching statutes

• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 50-6-418 — Rating plans based on drug-free workplace program participation

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  The department must approve certain workers' compensation rating plans for drug-free workplace programs, and the commissioner may develop premium credits for qualifying safety programs.

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  TCA § 50-6-421 — Requesting and obtaining information on employer workers' compensation insurance policies to ensure compliance with law — Confidentiality — What constitutes public record. [Applicable to injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2014.]

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  The labor commissioner may request employer workers’ compensation insurance information to check compliance. Most of that information is confidential, except as subsection (b) provides, but state agencies or designated vendors may use it for compliance purposes.

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  TCA § 50-6-407 — Certificate of compliance with insurance provisions

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  Certain employers must post a workers' compensation notice at their business premises, and the notice must contain specified information.

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  TCA § 8-50-1207 — Scope of part

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  This provision says it does not create or grant rights or privileges for other post-employment benefits.

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  TCA § 50-1-602 — Notification of employees and state

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  An employer must notify the commissioner of labor and workforce development after telling affected employees about a reduction in operations.

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  TCA § 7-53-102 — Legislative intent and findings — Purposes of chapter — Construction

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  This provision states the legislature’s purposes for creating public corporations to finance property projects and support jobs, agriculture, housing, and pollution control.

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  TCA § 50-1-102 — False or deceptive representations in procuring employees — Penalty — Hiring armed guards — Failure to have permit — Penalty

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  This section bans deceptive recruitment of workers and creates penalties, damages, and a permit requirement for hiring armed guards.

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  TCA § 56-7-1502 — Applicability

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  This part applies to certain medicare supplement policies and certificates, but it excludes some employer/labor-organization policies and some non-marketed health plans for medicare-eligible persons.

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  TCA § 49-5-410 — Teachers — Moonlighting

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  Full-time teachers in public education may take paid extra part-time work, within hour limits, if approved by each institution’s governing board.

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  TCA § 4-3-1404 — Purpose and goals of the department

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  The department of labor and workforce development must strive to provide effective employment services and training, and work with other departments and business interests to improve workforce outcomes.

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  TCA § 8-35-213 — Tennessee County Services Association — Tennessee County Highway Officials Association

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  This section makes the Tennessee County Services Association a participating employer and lets the Tennessee County Highway Officials Association join if its board approves the required resolutions and study. Its employees must contribute and participate on the same terms as comparable employees, and the association mu

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  TCA § 8-34-206 — State assumption of employee contributions

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  The state must assume up to 5% of employee contributions for certain covered public employees, while excluded employees must keep contributing.

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  TCA § 39-17-1802 — Part definitions

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  This section defines key terms used in the part, including identification, age-restricted venue, employee, employer, place of employment, public place, restaurant, retail tobacco store, smoking, and sports arena.

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  TCA § 8-25-104 — Responsibility for implementing programs — Payroll deductions — Billing and administration — Requiring participation

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  This section assigns plan-implementation responsibilities for deferred or tax-sheltered compensation plans, requires payroll deductions to be made by the appropriate payroll officer, and sets automatic enrollment and opt-out rules for eligible employees.

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  TCA § 50-1-308 — Payroll deductions for health insurance premiums

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  An employer that offers title 56 health insurance may, on an employee’s request, deduct the employee’s share of premiums from payroll.

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  TCA § 41-6-103 — Work outside center

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  The commissioner of correction may allow certain inmates to leave a residential restitution center for approved work or legitimate self-employment during necessary and reasonable hours, if the job is in Tennessee and within daily commuting distance.

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  TCA § 56-51-123 — Notice of cancellation of contract

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  A prepaid limited health service organization generally cannot cancel, terminate, or fail to renew a contract without 45 days’ written notice and a stated reason.

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  TCA § 36-5-1101 — Part definitions

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  This section defines several terms used in the part, including business day, commissioner, department, directory of new hires, employee, employer, labor organization, and Title IV-D agency.

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  TCA § 50-3-106 — Employees' rights and duties

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  Employees must follow workplace safety rules, can seek inspections and complain to the commissioner, and must not be punished for protected safety activity.

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  TCA § 56-7-2409 — Employer-based plans to offer at least one plan option providing copayment amounts for office visits with chiropractic physicians, physical or occupational therapists no greater than those for primary care physician visits

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  Health insurance entities offering employer-based plans must offer at least one plan option with chiropractor, physical therapist, or occupational therapist office-visit copayments and coinsurance no higher than primary care physician office-visit amounts.

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