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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 § 4-21-404 — Training program practices

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  Certain employers, labor organizations, employment agencies, and joint labor-management committees may not discriminate in training, apprenticeship, or related employment materials on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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  TCA § 50-9-113 — State and local government construction contracts

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  Covered construction employers must submit a drug-free workplace affidavit, and noncompliant employers can be barred from future local or state construction contracts.

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  TCA § 40-29-107 — Certificate of employability

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  A person may ask the court for a certificate of employability, but the petition must be filed in the proper circuit court and the petitioner must pay the costs.

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  TCA § 50-7-407 — Continuous part-time employment — “Reimbursing employer” defined

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  If a claimant works part-time for a reimbursing employer and stays employed while separated from other work, eligible benefits paid are not counted as attributable to that employer.

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  TCA § 4-21-408 — Leave for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth and nursing an infant

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  Eligible employees may take up to four months of leave for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth, or nursing an infant, and some employees who give timely notice must be restored to their jobs.

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  TCA § 65-19-204 — Employer liability for injuries

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  An employer is not liable for certain ridesharing injuries, and if it encourages employee ridesharing it must tell employees they are not covered by workers' compensation unless they are on an employer errand or task.

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  TCA § 50-2-106 — Company stores

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  An employer may not use wage withholding to pressure employees to buy from the employer’s store, and may not require employees to shop there as a condition of employment.

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  TCA § 50-6-112 — Actions against third persons — Attorney's fees — Distribution of recovery — Limitations period

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  This section lets an injured worker or dependents pursue a third person when the injury or death was caused by someone other than the employer, but the action must be filed within one year of injury.

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  TCA § 50-7-403 — Experience rating for employers

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  Employers are classified each July 1 based on premium and benefit experience, and specific rules set employer premium rates, transfers of experience, and penalties for knowing violations.

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  TCA § 8-35-205 — Information to be furnished concerning employees

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  The employer’s chief fiscal officer and department heads must give the board information and carry out duties the board prescribes for employees.

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  TCA § 50-2-103 — Payment of employees in private employments

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  Employers in covered private employment must pay wages on a set schedule, use permitted payment methods, keep paydays posted, and follow meal-break and record-access rules.

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  TCA § 50-1-703 — Duties of employers — Office of employment verification assistance — Application — Complaints for violations — Commissioner's order on finding of violation — Penalties

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  Employers must verify work authorization or collect listed documents, keep records, and follow E-Verify rules for certain employees.

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