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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 § 50-9-101 — Legislative intent

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  This provision says employers with a drug-free workplace program may test employees for drugs or alcohol, and employees can lose workers’ compensation benefits if they test positive or refuse testing in some cases.

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  TCA § 50-1-708 — Lawful employment enforcement fund

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  This section creates the lawful employment enforcement fund and directs how money in it must be handled.

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  TCA § 50-1-303 — Employees required to leave premises upon ceasing work — Penalty

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  Employees who stop working must leave the employer’s premises within a reasonable time.

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  TCA § 50-2-105 — Restrictions on assignment of income — Court orders

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  This section limits actions against employers over wage or salary assignments unless the employer agreed in writing or the assignment is for support orders.

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  TCA § 9-4-1005 — Suspension of deposits of employer contributions

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  Employer contribution deposits to the pension stabilization reserve trust fund are suspended or reinstated based on the employer’s account balance compared with a trustee-set maximum amount.

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  TCA § 56-26-203 — Benefits entitlement when husband and wife covered as employees of same employer — Family members

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  If a husband and wife both work for the same employer and are enrolled in the employer’s group accident and health insurance policy, each spouse may claim benefits for themselves or their enrolled dependents.

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  TCA § 50-6-102 — Chapter definitions

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  This provision defines workers' compensation terms like employee, employer, injury, and benefit calculations.

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  TCA § 8-27-806 — Part does not grant rights or privileges to other post-employment benefits

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  This part does not create or grant rights or privileges for other post-employment benefits.

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  TCA § 50-9-109 — Confidentiality of records — Parental notification

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  Covered employers and related testing-program participants must keep drug or alcohol test information confidential, with limited exceptions, and a covered employer must notify a minor’s parents or legal guardians of test results.

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  TCA § 50-1-105 — Providing employee information to prospective employers — Good faith

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  An employer giving truthful, fair, and unbiased job-performance information on request is presumed to act in good faith and gets qualified immunity for the disclosure and its consequences.

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  TCA § 50-6-408 — Mandatory policy provisions

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  Policies insuring compensation under this chapter must include a clause that treats the employer’s notice or knowledge as the insurer’s, makes the employer’s jurisdiction the insurer’s jurisdiction, and binds the insurer to awards and orders against the employer.

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  TCA § 49-1-1205 — No liability for punitive or exemplary damages for acts or omissions that occur within course and scope of employment

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  An employee is exempt from punitive or exemplary damages for acts or omissions within the course and scope of employment.

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  TCA § 8-36-916 — Defined contribution component of the hybrid plan

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  This section sets up the hybrid plan’s defined contribution component, with automatic employee deferrals, employer contributions, default investments, and withdrawal/change deadlines.

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  TCA § 8-20-112 — Employment or termination of employment

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  In counties with a qualifying civil service system, the employment or termination of deputies or assistants in covered offices must follow that system, and § 8-20-109 does not apply.

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  TCA § 4-21-313 — Limitations on compensatory damage amounts — Exclusions from application of limits

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  This section limits compensatory damages for certain claims and sets different caps based on employer size, with some remedies excluded from the cap.

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  TCA § 50-3-910 — Local governments' duty to employees — Treatment as private employer

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  Local governments must give employees employment conditions consistent with the chapter and meet § 50-3-201 standards; some local governments and utility districts must choose by deadline whether to use private-employer treatment or run their own compliance program.

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  TCA § 50-6-104 — Election of corporate officer to be exempt from chapter

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  A corporate officer may choose to be exempt from this chapter, but must give written notice and include a required affidavit; a revocation of that exemption also requires advance written notice.

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  TCA § 8-34-318 — Audit of employee records of other employers

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  The board of trustees audits and certifies certain employment and compensation records, and it may set up a procedure with the comptroller of the treasury to do so.

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  TCA § 8-27-706 — Supplemental medical insurance program

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  This section lets certain retired county judges, county officials, and employees of participating employers join a supplemental medical insurance program if approved by the state insurance committee and if they have Medicare and a monthly retirement allowance.

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  TCA § 8-36-922 — Annual employer contributions to the hybrid plan benefits trust account

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  Employers in the hybrid plan must make annual contributions based on the greater of two calculations, and those contributions are routed to specified trust accounts unless a stated exception applies.

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