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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 § 4-21-402 — Labor organization practices

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  A labor organization must not discriminate against members or applicants, must not restrict employment referrals on protected grounds, and must not try to make an employer break the chapter.

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  TCA § 50-5-109 — Proof of age required for employment or continued employment — Oath by parent or guardian if evidence unavailable

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  An employer must verify a minor’s age before employing or continuing to employ the minor, and the minor must provide acceptable proof or, if unavailable, the parent or guardian must appear before a juvenile court officer and swear to the minor’s age.

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  TCA § 62-35-134 — Unlawful employments, publications and activities

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  This section makes several security-related actions unlawful, including hiring an unregistered security guard/officer, misleading the public about being a government agency, and certain misconduct by security guard/officers.

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  TCA § 50-9-105 — Written policy statement

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  A covered employer must give employees and job applicants a written drug-testing policy statement before testing and must provide several notices and postings about testing and rescission.

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  TCA § 62-43-111 — Collecting and assessing sales tax

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  Covered employees are treated as the client’s employees for sales tax purposes, and the client remains liable for sales tax on its goods or services.

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  TCA § 50-1-107 — Veterans preference

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  A private employer may offer hiring preference to specified veterans and related family members, but if it does so the policy must be in writing and applied uniformly to hiring and promotion decisions.

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  TCA § 50-6-128 — Penalty for employer causing compensable claim to be paid by health insurance or failing to provide necessary medical treatment

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  An employer that knowingly, willfully, and intentionally diverts a claim to health or sickness-and-accident insurance, or fails to provide needed medical treatment, can be hit with a $500 civil penalty. The employer also may not offset sickness-and-accident income benefits against temporary total disability liability.

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  TCA § 50-6-232 — Present value of future installments — Deposit in trust releasing employer — Trustee to make payments

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  An employer may, with court approval, pay future compensation installments into a court-approved Tennessee savings bank or trust company, which must then hold the money in trust and make payments to the employee or dependents.

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  TCA § 50-6-205 — Period of compensation — Maximum amount — Notice of payment, change or nonpayment — Records — Notice of controversy

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  This section sets when disability compensation starts, caps the total amount, requires prompt payment and notice, and allows penalties for late temporary disability payments.

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  TCA § 3-6-303 — Biannual employer disclosure reports

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  Employers of lobbyists must file a biannual employer disclosure report electronically with the ethics commission within 45 days after each June 30 and December 31 reporting period.

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  TCA § 8-50-103 — Employment of the disabled — Discrimination prohibited — Penalty — Complaint

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  Employers and state entities may not discriminate against job applicants because of disability, and blind applicants may not be treated worse because they use a guide dog.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 8-35-218 — Withdrawal by political subdivision

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  A political subdivision may withdraw from the retirement system if it gives written notice and follows the required resolution and timing rules.

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