Title 50, Employer And Employee

The state is authorized to issue bonds in accordance with law or appropriate funds in the general appropriations act to the competitive state compensation insurance fund for start-up costs to be repaid pursuant to terms set by authorizing legislation for issuance of the bonds or …

The fund shall begin providing workers' compensation insurance coverage when the board determines that the fund is able to do so and all requirements under state law have been met. The fund shall not issue insurance policies to employers until the approval of the director of the …

Before the fund established by this part shall enter into any contract, except for consulting services, or issue any bonds, or incur any liability, the board of directors shall submit organizational and operating plans for the fund to a review committee for approval. The review c…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Association captive insurance company” means an association captive insurance company described in § 56-13-102, operated by an association described in § 56-13-102;(2) “Electric cooperative” means an electric co…

(a) For the purpose of insuring or self-insuring the obligations and liabilities under this chapter, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives are authorized to enter into interlocal agreements to pool their liabilities pursuant to § 29-20-401, as if each electric cooperative…

An association captive insurance company may, directly or through an entity it may create and control, enter into agreements with participating governmental entities or electric cooperatives under § 29-20-401, to serve as administrator or act as the special fund or legal or admin…

(a) Nothing in this part shall be construed to confer upon any electric cooperative any immunity from liability for damages for injuries to persons or property granted to a governmental entity under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, compiled in title 29, chapter 20, …

This part shall be liberally construed to permit electric cooperatives and municipal utilities to enter into agreements to pool their resources to provide for satisfaction of obligations under this chapter, as if electric cooperatives were governmental entities under § 29-20-401 …

(a) There is created the uninsured employers fund as an account in the general fund, which shall be invested pursuant to § 9-4-603. Moneys from the fund may be expended to fund activities authorized by this part. Any revenues deposited in this fund shall remain in the fund until …

(a) An eligible employee may request that the bureau provide the employee temporary disability benefits, medical benefits, or death benefits, pursuant to § 50-6-801(d), by submitting a request for benefits from the uninsured employers fund to the bureau no more than sixty (60) da…

(a) The payment of workers' compensation benefits to, or on behalf of, an injured employee pursuant to this part constitutes satisfaction of the judgment against the uninsured employer up to the amount paid. The bureau shall assume the rights of a creditor against the employer an…

(1) For purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Active and in good standing as reflected in the records of the secretary of state” means a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership that is in existence, registered or authorized to transact b…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all construction services providers shall be required to carry workers' compensation insurance on themselves. The requirement set out in this subsection (a) shall apply whether or not the provider employs fewer than five (5) employees. (b…

(a) Any construction services provider who meets one (1) of the following criteria may apply for an exemption from § 50-6-902(a):(1) An officer of a corporation who is engaged in the construction industry; provided, that no more than five (5) officers of one (1) corporation shall…

(a) (1) (A) Any construction services provider applying for an exemption from § 50-6-902(a) who has not been issued a license by the board shall obtain a construction services provider registration from the bureau of workers' compensation at the same time such provider applies fo…

(a) If a construction services provider's application delivered to the bureau of workers' compensation meets the requirements of this part, as determined by the bureau of workers' compensation, the bureau of workers' compensation shall file the application and:(1) Issue a notice …

(a) If the bureau of workers' compensation refuses to file an application and list the construction services provider on the registry, the bureau of workers' compensation shall return such application to the provider within ten (10) business days after the document was received f…

(a) The exemption obtained pursuant to this part shall be valid for two (2) years from a date and time set by the bureau of workers' compensation. No more than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the exemption period, a construction services provider may file an applicatio…

(a) (1) Any construction services provider who obtains an exemption and subsequently chooses to revoke such exemption shall:(A) Give notice to the person or entity for whom the provider may currently be providing services of the revocation in accordance with a form prescribed by …

(a) Except as provided in § 50-6-412(h)(2) [codified at 50-6-412(i) effective July 1, 2021, until July 1, 2024], a construction services provider whose exemption is revoked pursuant to § 50-6-908 may apply to reinstate such exemption in the same manner as provided for in this par…

(a) Any action to recover damages for injury, as defined by § 50-6-102, by a construction services provider shall proceed as at common law, and the defendant in the suit may make use of all common law defenses if, at the time of the injury, the construction services provider was:…

(a) (1) The bureau of workers' compensation shall provide notice on its website that the registry is for purposes of establishing providers who are exempt from workers' compensation coverage and in no way reflects licensing or certification of any construction services provider.(…

(a) The bureau of workers' compensation may charge the following maximum fees for each of the following:(1) The issuance of a construction services provider registration to providers who have not been issued a license by the board $50(2) The issuance of a construction services pr…

(a) There is created a fund to be known as the “employee misclassification education and enforcement fund.” Any fee collected pursuant to § 50-6-912(a) shall be deposited in the employee misclassification education and enforcement fund. Moneys in the fund shall be invested by the…

(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b), a general contractor, intermediate contractor, or subcontractor is liable for compensation to an employee injured while in the employ of a subcontractor of the general contractor, intermediate contractor, or subcontractor and engaged …

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, records maintained by the bureau of workers' compensation relative to the construction services provider registration and to the workers' compensation exemption registration, other than records displayed on the registry established pursuan…

Nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing or prohibiting any contractor from requiring a certificate of workers' compensation insurance from any of its subcontractors or any construction services providers providing services to such contractor.

A policy of workers' compensation insurance issued through the assigned risk plan as provided in § 56-5-114 that insures a person engaged in the construction industry shall be governed by this part, and a state agency shall not impose requirements relative to this part on such a …

(a) It is an offense for any employer to knowingly:(1) Coerce or attempt to coerce, as a precondition to employment or otherwise, a job applicant to obtain an exemption pursuant to this part; or(2) Coerce, attempt to coerce, discharge or take any adverse employment action against…

The construction services provider workers' compensation exemption for any provider not exempt prior to March 1, 2011, who has been placed on the workers' compensation exemption registry by the secretary of state or the bureau of workers' compensation shall be in effect beginning…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Employment Security Law.”

(a) As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: (1) Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals and welfare of the people of this state; therefore, involuntar…

(a) The general assembly reserves the right to amend or repeal all, or any part of, this chapter at any time; and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against the amendment or repeal. (b) All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred hereby or by acts done purs…

(a) If the tax imposed by §§ 3301-3308 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. §§ 3301 – 3308) or any other federal tax against which premiums under this chapter may be credited, has been amended or repealed by congress, or has been held unconstitutional by the supreme co…

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, if the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976 (5 U.S.C. §§ 8501, 8503-8506, 8521, 8522; 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301, 3303, 3304, 3306, 3309, 6157; 29 U.S.C. §§ 49b, 49d; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 603(a), 607, 1101, 1301, …

If this chapter does not include an employer within the requirement to provide unemployment compensation insurance coverage to its employees, then the employer shall notify in writing each present and prospective employee.

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “More Jobs and Revenues, Less Hassle and Expenses, Help Businesses and Taxpayers Act of 2009.” (b) The department of revenue, with the assistance of all appropriate state departments and agencies, shall consult and explore w…

(a) The commissioner of labor and workforce development shall provide a report to the general assembly concerning the condition of the unemployment compensation fund no later than February 1 of each year based upon the findings as to the balance on December 31 of each year under …

Any notification, notice, decision, or correspondence as prescribed by the commissioner for the administration of this chapter may be sent to or received by the department through electronic means, if an individual or entity agrees to send or receive such notifications, notices, …

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this part have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.

“Benefits” means the money payments payable to a claimant, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the claimant's unemployment.

(a) “Administrator” means the chief administrative officer of the division of employment security of the department of labor and workforce development. (b) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development. (c) “Department” means the department of labor and…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Attributable to service” expressly means any and all benefits paid based on wages earned while in the employ of any and all eligible employers who elect to reimburse the state for benefits paid in lieu of pre…

(1) “Employer” means:(1) Any employing unit that, after December 31, 1971:(A) In any calendar quarter, in either the current or preceding calendar year, paid for service in employment wages of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or more; or(B) For some portion of a day in …

(a) “Employing unit” means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint stock company, insurance company, limited liability company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee…