§ 50-10-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.”
§ 50-9-108. Drug or Alcohol Use Not a Disability — Drug or Alcohol Use “Cause” for Firing or Failure to Hire — Miscellaneous Provisions
An employee or job applicant whose drug or alcohol test result is confirmed as positive in accordance with this section shall not, by virtue of the result alone, be deemed to have a disability as defined under federal, state or local disability discrimination laws. A covered employer who discharges or disciplines an employee or refuses […]
§ 50-9-109. Confidentiality of Records — Parental Notification
All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda and drug or alcohol test results, written or otherwise, received by the covered employer through a drug or alcohol testing program are confidential communications and may not be used or received in evidence, obtained in discovery or disclosed in any public or private proceedings, except in accordance with this […]
§ 50-8-102. Marketplace Contractors and Marketplace Platforms — Employment Relationships
A marketplace contractor is an independent contractor and not an employee of the marketplace platform for all purposes under state and local laws, rules, ordinances, and resolutions if the following conditions are set forth in a written agreement between the marketplace platform and the marketplace contractor: The marketplace platform and marketplace contractor agree in writing […]
§ 50-8-103. Applicability of Chapter
Nothing in this chapter applies to: A transportation network company, as defined in § 65-15-301; or A construction services provider, as defined in § 50-6-901.
§ 50-8-104. Remittance of Tip to Marketplace Contractor
If a third party uses a marketplace platform’s online-enabled application, software, website, or system to engage the services of a marketplace contractor and the marketplace platform provides an option for third parties to include a tip in connection with the transaction, then the marketplace platform shall remit the tip to the marketplace contractor and shall […]
§ 50-9-101. Legislative Intent
It is the intent of the general assembly to promote drug-free workplaces in order that employers in this state be afforded the opportunity to maximize their levels of productivity, enhance their competitive positions in the marketplace and reach their desired levels of success without experiencing the costs, delays and tragedies associated with work-related accidents resulting […]
§ 50-9-102. Applicability
Sections 50-9-103 — 50-9-111 apply to a drug-free workplace program implemented pursuant to rules adopted by the administrator of the bureau of workers’ compensation. The application of this chapter is subject to the provisions of any applicable collective bargaining agreement. Nothing in the program authorized by this chapter is intended to authorize any employer to […]
§ 50-9-103. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Alcohol” has the same meaning in this chapter when used in the federal regulations describing the procedures used for testing of alcohol by programs operating pursuant to the authority of the United States department of transportation, currently compiled at 49 CFR part 40. It is […]
§ 50-9-104. Testing for Drugs or Alcohol Authorized — Conditions for Testing — Effect of Failure to Comply
A covered employer may test a job applicant for alcohol or for any drug described in § 50-9-103; provided, that, for public employees, the testing shall be limited to the extent permitted by the Tennessee and federal constitutions. A covered employer may test an employee for any drug defined in § 50-9-103, and at any […]