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As enacted, allows employer to qualify as "seasonal employer" for purposes of unemployment insurance benefits. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, specifies that if a treating physician determines that pain is persisting for an injured or disabled employee beyond an expected period for healing, then the treating physician, if the physician is a "qualified physician", may either prescribe or refer such employee for pain management, encompassing pharmacological, non-pharmacological and other approaches to manage chronic pain. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.
As enacted, clarifies that either party in a workers compensation dispute may bring suit in the county in which the employee resided at the time of the injury when issues remain after the benefit review conference; reduces from $100 to $50.00 the maximum amount that the secretary of state may charge for certain fees concerning construction service providers and workers compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Accountability Act of 2012." - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, enacts the "Unemployment Insurance Accountability Act of 2012." - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, allows employer to qualify as "seasonal employer" for purposes of unemployment insurance benefits. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, specifies that if a treating physician determines that pain is persisting for an injured or disabled employee beyond an expected period for healing, then the treating physician, if the physician is a "qualified physician", may either prescribe or refer such employee for pain management, encompassing pharmacological, non-pharmacological and other approaches to manage chronic pain. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.
As enacted, clarifies that either party in a workers compensation dispute may bring suit in the county in which the employee resided at the time of the injury when issues remain after the benefit review conference; reduces from $100 to $50.00 the maximum amount that the secretary of state may charge for certain fees concerning construction service providers and workers compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, clarifies that the requirement for the distribution to servers of service charges or gratuities automatically added to a bill does not apply to charges or fees paid by guests to stay at a guest ranch. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.
As enacted, specifies that a discharge from employment will be deemed to be a discharge for misconduct connected with the claimant's work, which disqualifies the discharged employee from eligibility for unemployment benefits in connection with the job from which the employee was discharged, when it results after a claimant entered into a written agreement with an employer to obtain a license or certification by a specified date as a condition of employment and subsequently the claimant willfully fails without good cause to obtain such license or certification by the specified date. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, requires department of labor and workforce development to implement an Internet-based system that allows employers to receive notices electronically and to submit separation information electronically; requires more information be included on unemployment insurance tax statement at request of employer. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 14 and Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, clarifies that the requirement for the distribution to servers of service charges or gratuities automatically added to a bill does not apply to charges or fees paid by guests to stay at a guest ranch. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.
As enacted, specifies that a discharge from employment will be deemed to be a discharge for misconduct connected with the claimant's work, which disqualifies the discharged employee from eligibility for unemployment benefits in connection with the job from which the employee was discharged, when it results after a claimant entered into a written agreement with an employer to obtain a license or certification by a specified date as a condition of employment and subsequently the claimant willfully fails without good cause to obtain such license or certification by the specified date. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As introduced, provides that the commission cannot find an individual employee guilty of a human rights violation if the employer was found to have committed a violation. - Amends TCA Section 4-21-301.
As enacted, establishes certain authorization regarding the posting of information on right to work laws; requires commissioner of labor and workforce development to create model notice language. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 2.
As enacted, authorizes the department of labor and workforce development, in accordance with the federal treasury offset program, to set off any covered unemployment compensation debt due to the department against any federal income tax refund due to the claimant debtor and revises various provisions of present law regarding the recovering of unemployment benefit overpayments. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, provides that the commission cannot find an individual employee guilty of a human rights violation if the employer was found to have committed a violation. - Amends TCA Section 4-21-301.
As enacted, establishes certain authorization regarding the posting of information on right to work laws; requires commissioner of labor and workforce development to create model notice language. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 2.
As enacted, authorizes the department of labor and workforce development, in accordance with the federal treasury offset program, to set off any covered unemployment compensation debt due to the department against any federal income tax refund due to the claimant debtor and revises various provisions of present law regarding the recovering of unemployment benefit overpayments. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, prohibits employment discrimination based on an applicant or current employee's ownership, storage, transportation or possession of a firearm that is otherwise in accordance with state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 50.
As introduced, prevents employers and landowners from prohibiting individuals licensed to carry from storing guns in locked, personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, establishes criteria for waiver of employee's 30-minute rest break or meal period by persons principally employed in service of food or beverages who receive tips. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, prevents employers and landowners from prohibiting individuals licensed to carry from storing guns in locked, personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As introduced, prohibits employment discrimination based on an applicant or current employee's ownership, storage, transportation or possession of a firearm that is otherwise in accordance with state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 50.
As enacted, establishes criteria for waiver of employee's 30-minute rest break or meal period by persons principally employed in service of food or beverages who receive tips. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, specifies that no public funds of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall be allocated to the regulation or enforcement of any change made to certain rules regarding the employment of children in an agricultural setting. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 50, Chapter 3 and Title 50, Chapter 5.
As enacted, specifies that no public funds of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall be allocated to the regulation or enforcement of any change made to certain rules regarding the employment of children in an agricultural setting. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 50, Chapter 3 and Title 50, Chapter 5.
As introduced, permits employees with valid handgun carry permits to store firearm in employer's public access parking lot provided it is in a locked vehicle and in a glove box or compartment not visible from outside the vehicle; provides employers with ability to prohibit firearms in employer parking lots in some circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As introduced, requires employers to permit employees to carry firearms in their locked motor vehicles when parking in a parking area that is open to the public generally and confers immunity upon the employer for damages arising out of occurrence with a stored firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As introduced, permits employees with valid handgun carry permits to store firearm in employer's public access parking lot provided it is in a locked vehicle and in a glove box or compartment not visible from outside the vehicle; provides employers with ability to prohibit firearms in employer parking lots in some circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As introduced, requires employers to permit employees to carry firearms in their locked motor vehicles when parking in a parking area that is open to the public generally and confers immunity upon the employer for damages arising out of occurrence with a stored firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As introduced, creates a new misdemeanor offense for a person who applies for employment with the intent to cause economic damage to the employer by recording on the premises of the employer and releasing such recordings to a third party. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 50.
As enacted, authorizes spouses of military members who leave employment due to military reassignment to qualify for unemployment benefits; requires that state pay such benefits and does not count against employer's experience rating. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, transfers Title 68, Chapter 103, relative to working in proximity to high-voltage lines, into Title 50, Chapter 3, relative to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, effective July 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 68, Chapter 103.
As enacted, transfers Title 68, Chapter 103, relative to working in proximity to high-voltage lines, into Title 50, Chapter 3, relative to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, effective July 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 68, Chapter 103.
As introduced, revises certain criminal provisions to include certain disruptive and illegal conduct involving unions and employee organizations. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 16 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
As introduced, revises certain criminal provisions to include certain disruptive and illegal conduct involving unions and employee organizations. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 16 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
As introduced, provides for certain reemployment rights for volunteer firefighters injured in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, requires drug testing of persons filing new claims for unemployment benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.
As introduced, enacts the "Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2012." - Amends TCA Title 4.
As introduced, exempts sole proprietors from paying certain fees assessed by the secretary of state's office in relation to workers compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Creates commission on pay equity for Tennesseans.
As introduced, applies the Governmental Tort Liability Act to certain government entities for workers' compensation purposes. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, expands categories of employees subject to routine periodic drug testing under the drug free workplace program to include persons who work in safety or security related positions. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 9.
As introduced, allows the department no more than 90, instead of 60, days to conduct a show cause hearing for the employer to demonstrate the employer's failure to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 14 and Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 4.
As introduced, prohibits agents of the TWRA and other law enforcement officials from seizing commercial fishing equipment absent a finding of guilt for the crime charged in a court of law. - Amends TCA Section 70-6-201.
As enacted, authorizes a mattress manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer to offer a comfort exchange policy pursuant to the sale of a mattress; includes a mattress returned pursuant to such a policy in definition of secondhand. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 2.
As enacted, authorizes a mattress manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer to offer a comfort exchange policy pursuant to the sale of a mattress; includes a mattress returned pursuant to such a policy in definition of secondhand. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 2.
Expresses support for free legal representation for Tennessee citizens in matters regarding denial of unemployment compensation by the department of labor and workforce development.
As introduced, prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, creates civil penalty for employee engaged in a work stoppage; requires all documentation of labor negotiation with state employee associations be public record; revises other provisions governing state employees and employee associations. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 8, Chapter 23.
As introduced, prohibits public and private employers from inquiring into a prospective employee's criminal background on an initial application for employment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71.
As introduced, allows the set off of covered unemployment compensation debt under certain circumstances; revises other provisions regarding recovering benefit overpayments. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303(d)(3)(B); Section 50-7-304(b)(2); Section 50-7-501 and Section 50-7-715.
As introduced, requires commissioner of labor and workforce development to appoint department attorney to indigent claimant in unemployment benefit appeal upon request when employer is represented by counsel at appeal; employer will pay costs of claimant's legal representation if claimant prevails, otherwise cost comes from department's existing resources. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 23 and Title 50.
As introduced, requires department to post web site information about assistance to private employers on the implementation of day care services as an employee benefit. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12.
As introduced, expands definition of small employer to include employers employing one or two employees. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 22.
As introduced, redefines "employee" under the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act to mean "any Tennessee resident" instead of "any individual"; requires employers who enroll in E-Verify to use such program; changes date by which certain employers must comply with certain provisions of the Act from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.
As introduced, requires certain businesses to delete personal information provided by a consumer upon the consumer's written request unless the business is required to retain the information by law. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 62 and Title 63.
As introduced, removes from the code obsolete language pertaining to the annual review conducted by the commissioner of commerce and insurance of the impact of Acts 2004, ch. 962 on premiums charged by insurers who provide workers' compensation coverage in this state, as such review was scheduled to cease in 2010. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, authorizes psychologists licensed in this state to provide impairment ratings for mental injuries in workers' compensation cases. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, requires commissioner of labor and workforce development to appoint department attorney to indigent claimant in unemployment benefit appeal upon request when employer is represented by counsel at appeal; employer will be assessed $3,000 legal service fee if claimant prevails, otherwise cost comes from department's existing resources. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 23 and Title 50.
As introduced, specifies that the employer, rather than the claimant, is responsible for overpayment of unemployment benefits when an award is overturned on appeal based on evidence that is submitted more than seven days after notice of the claim is sent to the employer. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As introduced, changes references from "names" to "nominees" in regard to appointments to advisory council on workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 50 and Title 56.
As introduced, allows a mattress manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer to offer a comfort exchange policy pursuant to the sale of a mattress. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 15, Part 2.
As introduced, requires motor vehicle dealers and automotive mobility dealers to receive, and maintain for a certain amount of time, certain documentation from consumers prior to facilitating an auto loan for the purchase of vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.
As enacted, specifies that the right to a secret ballot in union certification elections will only apply to extent that secret ballots are permissible under state or federal law and that, in any such elections where secret ballots are permissible, no alternative means of designation may be used as convincing evidence of employee majority support; such right may not be waived by means of an agreement between a union and an employer; not applicable to union contracts entered into before July 1, 2011, or that involve both employees within and without Tennessee when the employer conducted business within Tennessee before July 1, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, specifies that the right to a secret ballot in union certification elections will only apply to extent that secret ballots are permissible under state or federal law and that, in any such elections where secret ballots are permissible, no alternative means of designation may be used as convincing evidence of employee majority support; such right may not be waived by means of an agreement between a union and an employer; not applicable to union contracts entered into before July 1, 2011, or that involve both employees within and without Tennessee when the employer conducted business within Tennessee before July 1, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, makes various revisions to employment law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, revises various provisions of workers' compensation law regarding construction services providers. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.
As enacted, revises various provisions of workers' compensation law regarding construction services providers. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.
As enacted, makes various revisions to employment law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, excludes periods of temporary total disability under the workers' compensation law from calculation of base period for purposes of unemployment compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, changes the evidence requirement from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence for rebutting the presumption that drugs or alcohol were the proximate cause of an injury from a drug test result or the refusal to submit to a drug test. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
As enacted, allows an employer to offset an employee's wages if the employee owes the employer money that the employer loaned or advanced the employee, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 26 and Title 50.
As enacted, revises provisions governing eligibility for unemployment compensation for certain persons who provide certain services for an educational institution or its students. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-302.
As enacted, allows an employer to offset an employee's wages if the employee owes the employer money that the employer loaned or advanced the employee, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 26 and Title 50.
As enacted, changes the evidence requirement from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence for rebutting the presumption that drugs or alcohol were the proximate cause of an injury from a drug test result or the refusal to submit to a drug test. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
As enacted, prohibits person, firm, corporation or association of any kind operating in this state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s expiration. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 2.
As enacted, provides that when the department of labor and workforce development conducts unemployment hearings that personnel records and other business records that are in the possession of a claimant’s employer and that are relevant to a claim are admissible and may constitute proof of misconduct, regardless of whether such evidence is hearsay or whether corroborated by direct witness testimony, if such evidence is accompanied by an affidavit of its custodian or other qualified person certifying the evidence as a business record. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.
As enacted, prohibits person, firm, corporation or association of any kind operating in this state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s expiration. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 2.
As enacted, specifies the manner of obtaining fingerprints of certain applicants under the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 55.
As introduced, removes the restriction prohibiting an affiliate of a construction services provider who has obtained a workers' compensation exemption from obtaining a workers' compensation exemption. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, extends authority of commissioner of labor and workforce development to enjoin operation of a business or to order monetary penalties to include workers' compensation premium fraud by an employer. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, prohibits certain types of late fees from being charged in consumer contracts. - Amends TCA Title 47.
As introduced, creates a joint committee on the study of job creation in this state; provides that the committee shall report to the general assembly no later than January 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 50.
As introduced, requires employers receiving a Tennessee job skills grant filing a final report with the department of economic and community development to report the outcome measurements for the project and the actual cost per person enrolled, trained, hired, and retained in employment in addition to other presently required information. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As enacted, provides that an employer permitting a person with a handgun carry permit to carry a handgun on the employer's property does not constitute an occupational safety and health hazard to the employees. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3.
As introduced, adds certain enforcement responsibilities to the employee misclassification advisory task force. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-919.
As introduced, provides that the general contractor shall determine the three construction services providers that may be awarded exemptions from carrying workers' compensation insurance on themselves. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-914.
As introduced, clarifies that the general contractor of a commercial construction project shall select the three individual construction services providers who may be exempt from workers' compensation coverage while working on the commercial construction project. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.
As introduced, establishes a conclusive presumption that a beryllium employee, employee with cancer or silicosis, or other employee covered under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act has an occupational disease for the purposes of state workers' compensation claim. - Amends TCA Title 50.
As introduced, allows individuals to be exempt from the workers' compensation requirements if such individual is a member of a recognized religious sect or division and is an adherent of established tenets or teachings of such sect or division by reason of which such individual is conscientiously opposed to acceptance of the benefits provided by the workers' compensation laws. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, enacts uniform standards regarding claims of prohibited employment actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.
As introduced, modifies the surcharge on premiums for workers' compensation insurance policies issued by an insurance carrier for the administration of TOSHA. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.
As introduced, authorizes unemployment insurance benefits to individual who leaves work or is discharged due to circumstances resulting from being victim of domestic violence. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As introduced, enacts the "Pay Equity in the Workplace Act of 2011." - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 2.
As introduced, requires local governments to participate in workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, requires contracting agents to be registered by the department of commerce and insurance and prohibits unauthorized access to services or discounts under a provider network contract. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.
As enacted, creates a procedure for certain persons engaged in the construction industry to file for an exemption from obtaining workers compensation insurance to cover themselves; creates an employee misclassification advisory taskforce. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50; Title 56, Title 68 and Chapter ___ of the Public Acts of 2010 (Ex. Sess.)(Senate Bill 1 / House Bill 7 of the First Extraordinary Session).
As enacted, prohibits the advertising, promotion, and sale of international driver's licenses; establishes that such practices and other related acts violate the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act; imposes certain civil penalties on such violations. - Amends TCA Title 47.
As introduced, establishes certain presumptions and conclusive determinations regarding the determination of whether a person is an "employee" or an "independent contractor" for purposes of the workers compensation law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
As introduced, makes permanent the temporary suspension imposed by HB7/SB1 of the 2010 Extraordinary Session of the requirement that independent contractors in the construction industry obtain workers compensation insurance. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62.
As introduced, lengthens suspension of requirement that sole proprietors and partners maintain workers compensation insurance on themselves from March 28, 2011, until April 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62.
As introduced, makes permanent the exemption that sole proprietors and partners engaged in the construction industry do not have to carry workers compensation insurance on themselves. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50; Title 56, Title 68 and Chapter ___ of the Public Acts of 2010 (Ex. Sess.) (Senate Bill 1 / House Bill 7 of the First Extraordinary Session).
As introduced, lengthens suspension of requirement that sole proprietors and partners maintain workers compensation insurance on themselves from March 28, 2011, until April 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 62.
As introduced, requires child protective restraints in shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
As introduced, lengthens suspension of requirement that sole proprietors and partners maintain workers compensation insurance on themselves from March 28, 2011, until June 30, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 50, Title 56.
As enacted, provides that non-resident parties secure judicial review of board of review decisions by filing in the chancery court of the county where the employer is located unless it is a tax case in which case filing would be in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, establishes requirements for the practice of foreclosure-rescue consulting; a violation of requirements will be considered a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.