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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 § 50-6-119 — Information awareness program

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  The bureau of workers' compensation must run an information awareness program, and publications distributed under this section must follow state publications committee rules.

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  TCA § 49-5-413 — Investigation of applicants for teaching or child care positions

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  Certain school and child-care employers must run background checks before hiring people for child-related jobs, and employees must report certain convictions.

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  TCA § 50-1-202 — Contracting for exclusion from employment because of affiliation or nonaffiliation with labor union or employee organization

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  Certain persons and organizations must not make agreements that exclude someone from employment because of union membership or similar labor-organization status.

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  TCA § 12-2-417 — State employee violation — Punishment

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  A state employee who violates § 12-2-415 can be removed from state employment and barred from that employment for 5 years.

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  TCA § 64-8-205 — Employment of personnel or contracting for services

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  The board may hire personnel, contract for planning and related services, and use outside services or loaned personnel if it thinks they are necessary and has funds available.

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  TCA § 8-35-503 — Withdrawal of Tennessee Sheriffs' Association as participating employer

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  If the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association withdraws as a participating employer, benefits for service as its employee are determined under § 8-35-211, and the retirement system is not liable for benefits without previously created reserves from association or employee contributions.

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  TCA § 49-7-1204 — Use of existing staff — Encouragement of enrollment

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  The department of labor and workforce development must use existing staff to help people interested in postsecondary degrees, and it must make efforts to encourage enrollment in LEAPs and employment in high-skill or high-technology industries.

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  TCA § 49-11-902 — Maintenance of student accident insurance coverage — Making information available to LEAs and employers

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  LEAs that implement work-based learning must maintain student accident insurance coverage, and the department of education must provide related legal and insurance information to employers and LEAs.

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  TCA § 62-39-330 — Employing or retaining an appraiser as disinterested third party or for specialized services

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  A client or employer may hire a licensed or certified real estate appraiser for an unbiased estimate or specialized services.

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  TCA § 8-4-118 — Authority of the comptroller of the treasury to obtain certain information from applicants applying for employment

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  The comptroller of the treasury may require job applicants to authorize release of investigative records, provide fingerprints, and undergo criminal history checks.

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  TCA § 50-6-307 — Waiver of compensation for aggravation of condition

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  Employees or prospective employees may be allowed to waive compensation for certain occupational disease aggravations, but only with approval and subject to stated limits; employers may not require certain waivers.

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  TCA § 62-43-103 — Rules — Creation of professional employer organization advisory council — Composition of council — Officers — Compensation — Powers and duties — Administration — Recommendations for appointments to council

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  Creates a professional employer organization advisory council and sets its membership, appointments, meetings, duties, and related department notification rules.

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