TCA § 50-7-803 — Part definitions

As used in this part: “Department” means the department of labor and workforce development; “Dislocated worker” means an individual who: Has been terminated or laid off, or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, including an individual: Currently eligible for unemployment insurance benefits; or Who has exhausted entitlement to unemployment insurance benefits; Has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment as a result of any permanent closure of, or any substantial layoff at, a plant, facility, or enterprise, including a facility at which the employer has made a general announcement that the facility will close within one hundred eighty (180) days; Was self-employed, but is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides or because of natural disasters; or Is a displaced homemaker; “Displaced homemaker” means an individual who has been: Providing unpaid services to the individual's family members in the home; and Dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income; “Eligible business” means a business determined by the department to be eligible for Tennessee works pilot program grants; “Eligible training expenses” means expenses determined by the department to be eligible for grants awarded through the Tennessee works pilot program; and “Trade adjustment assistance funds” means funds distributed in accordance with the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, compiled in title 19 of the United States Code.