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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 § 7-56-204 — Employment of assistance and advisors

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  The directors may hire specified staff and advisors and set their compensation, if needed to manage the authority and its facilities.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 50-2-202 — Prohibited acts

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  Employers must not pay employees in the same establishment less because of sex when the work is comparable, and must not retaliate against employees who help enforce this rule.

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  TCA § 20-14-108 — Construction of chapter

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  This section says the chapter does not change an employer’s duty to provide a safe workplace and does not bar employers or employees from using other civil or criminal remedies allowed by law.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 36-5-2501 — Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state

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  An out-of-state income-withholding order may be sent to the obligor’s employer without first filing or registering it in this state.

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  TCA § 9-4-1205 — Purpose of trust fund — Certification of amount needed to fund increase in employer contribution rate — Use of assets

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  The board may certify an amount when teacher employer contribution rates rise above the 2018 level, and the trust trustees must decide whether a transfer is in beneficiaries’ best interests before directing any transfer. The fund’s assets must be used only for the section’s purpose and reasonable administration and inv

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  TCA § 4-3-1408 — Divisions — Creation — Office of administrator

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  The section creates several divisions in the department, creates an administrator office for each, and assigns appointment, budget, enforcement, and employee-rights duties.

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  TCA § 41-21-210 — Employment adapted to inmate's condition

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  An inmate’s work must be assigned to fit the inmate’s age, sex, and health, while also considering the most profitable work.

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  TCA § 4-21-406 — Religion or sex as bona fide occupational qualifications — Affirmative action plans

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  This section says certain hiring and classification actions are not discriminatory when religion or sex is a bona fide occupational qualification, and it also allows filed affirmative-action-style plans that the commission has not disapproved.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 6-21-103 — Oath of office

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  Certain salaried officers, agents, and employees must file an oath or affirmation with the recorder before starting their duties.

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  TCA § 8-35-308 — Member of local fund entering service of employer without local fund

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  A qualifying teacher must contribute to the retirement system while employed and keep prior service credits.

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  TCA § 8-15-101 — Employment by counties

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  Counties may employ accountants to audit county officers’ and employees’ books, but they must first request and obtain approval from the comptroller of the treasury.

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  TCA § 62-35-141 — Notification and uniform requirements for peace officers providing security outside of primary jurisdiction

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  An employer must give written notice before a peace officer starts outside-primary-jurisdiction work, and the officer must wear markings identifying private duty law enforcement status unless authorized to wear the primary jurisdiction’s uniform.

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