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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.

1,857 matching statutes

• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 4-7-122 — Retired members — Employment by local enforcement agencies

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  Retired Tennessee highway patrol members may be employed by local law enforcement agencies if they meet the agency’s certification and firearms training requirements.

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  TCA § 56-7-2207 — Health benefit plans — Preexisting conditions — Late enrollees — Premiums — Transfers — Place of business — Filings — Documentation

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  Small-employer health benefit plans must limit preexisting-condition exclusions, credit prior coverage in some cases, and follow carrier disclosure, filing, rating, transfer, and renewal rules.

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• United States — Tennessee

  TCA § 56-7-2805 — Small group market — Network plans — Financial capacity limits — Applicability

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  Health insurance issuers in the small group market must accept covered small employers and eligible individuals, with several network-plan, financial, disclosure, and exemption rules.

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  TCA § 50-7-402 — Rate of premiums

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  Employers must pay premiums at 5.5% of wages each calendar year, with a special 1.5% rate for certain governmental employers that choose to be premium-paying employers, subject to § 50-7-403.

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  TCA § 3-6-302 — Electronic registration of lobbyists and employers of lobbyists — Lobbyist photographs — Amendment of inaccuracies — Consolidated statements — Fees

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  Employers of lobbyists and lobbyists must register electronically with the ethics commission, and lobbyists must also file a current photo within 30 days after registering.

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  TCA § 50-6-211 — Contribution to payment of compensation by two or more employers — Agreement between employers

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  When an injured or deceased employee is jointly employed and paid by two or more covered employers, those employers must share the compensation payment in proportion to their wage liability.

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  TCA § 50-6-304 — Last employer liable

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  If an employee has an occupational disease, only the last employer that exposed the employee to the disease hazards, and that employer’s insurer if there is one, are liable.

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  TCA § 8-36-113 — Withholding of payment of contributions or monthly benefit under certain circumstances — Satisfaction of claims of state against terminated member upon application for withdrawal of contributions

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  The board may withhold a member’s retirement contributions or monthly benefit in certain cases, and an employer may claim money owed from those contributions when a member leaves service and owes the employer.

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  TCA § 22-4-106 — Absence from employment — Amount of compensation

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  Employees summoned for jury duty must show the summons to their immediate superior, and employers must excuse qualifying jury-service absences and keep paying usual compensation subject to stated limits and exceptions.

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  TCA § 50-6-241 — Maximum permanent partial disability awards for claims arising after July 1, 2004 but before July 1, 2014 — Public policy regarding legal immigration

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  This section lets certain injured employees seek reconsideration of permanent partial disability benefits, but only within set time limits and subject to specific bars and exceptions.

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  TCA § 56-7-2203 — Part definitions

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  This section defines terms used in the part, including small employer, eligible employee, health benefit plan, carrier, and late enrollee.

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  TCA § 49-5-406 — Employment application, offer and acceptance

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  School hiring authorities must collect written applicant disclosures, notify teachers of employment terms, and teachers must accept or reject offers within the stated deadlines.

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