Title 50, Employer And Employee

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Court” and “clerk” are defined as set out in § 26-2-201; and(2) “Employer” includes the state and any political subdivision of the state. (1) “Court” and “clerk” are defined as set out in § 26-2-201; and (2) “Employer” includes the state and any p…

(a) It is not lawful for any employer, or agent, clerk or superintendent of the employer, who owns or controls a store for the sale of general merchandise in connection with the employer's manufacturing or other business, to attempt to control the employer's employees or laborers…

(a) (1) If a business, including a private club, lounge, bar or restaurant, includes on the bill presented to and paid by a customer, member or patron an automatic percentage or specific dollar amount denominated as a service charge, tip, gratuity, or otherwise, which amount is c…

(a) In addition to the powers and duties of the commissioner of labor and workforce development specified elsewhere in this code, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements with the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state …

(a) If, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of written notification of penalties assessed pursuant to this part, an employer fails to notify the commissioner in writing of its intent to contest the imposition of the penalty, the assessment of a penalty as stated in the notif…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an employer may offset an employee's wages due and owing for an amount the employee owes the employer if:(1) An employer enters into an agreement with an employee to advance the employee wages prior to the date the wages are due and owing…

(a) This chapter only applies to an individual if the individual performs services for an employer for wages and the services performed by the individual qualify as an employer-employee relationship with the employer based upon consideration of the following twenty (20) factors a…

(a) (1) (A) Unless required by state or federal law, all additional wage or employment benefit mandates imposed on private employers by a local government are hereby preempted.(B) Notwithstanding a charter, ordinance, or resolution to the contrary, a local government shall not re…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Wage Protection Act.” (b) The general assembly finds as a matter of public policy that it is necessary to declare the theft of wages and the denial of fair compensation for work completed to be against the laws an…

(a) An employer shall pay an employee no less than the federal minimum wage under 29 U.S.C. § 206, regardless of the subminimum wage authorized pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 214(c). (b) As used in this section:(1) “Employee” means a person born or naturalized in the United States and s…

(1) As used in this chapter, “work”:(1) Has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. § 251 et seq.); and(2) Does not include the time t…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;(2) “Employ” includes to suffer or permit to work;(3) “Employee” means any individual employed by any employer within the state, including …

(a) No employer shall discriminate between employees in the same establishment on the basis of sex by paying any employee salary or wage rates less than the rates the employer pays to any employee of the opposite sex for comparable work on jobs the performance of which require co…

(a) The commissioner has the power and duty to carry out and administer this part, including the power to issue regulations, not inconsistent with the purpose of this part, that the commissioner considers necessary or appropriate to carry out this part. (b) The commissioner is au…

(a) (1) Any employer who violates § 50-2-202 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid wages, and in instances of an employer knowingly violating § 50-2-202 in employee suits under subsection (b), up to an additional equal amount of unpai…

Court action under this part may be commenced no later than two (2) years after the cause of action occurs.

Any employer who violates this part, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made a complaint to that employee's employer, the commissioner, or any other person, or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceedings …