§ 50-7-711. Misrepresentation to Prevent Benefit Payments or to Evade Premium Liability — Penalty
Any employing unit, or any officer or agent of an employing unit, or any other person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to any individual entitled to benefits, or to avoid becoming […]
§ 50-7-712. Violations — Class E Felony
Any person who willfully violates this chapter or any order, rule or regulation under this chapter, the violation of which is made unlawful, or the observance of which is required under the terms of this chapter, and for which a penalty is neither prescribed elsewhere in this chapter nor provided by any other applicable statute, […]
§ 50-7-713. Receiving Payment for Nondisclosure or Misrepresentation of Material Fact — Class E Felony
Any person who, by reason of the nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the person, or by another, of a material fact, irrespective of whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation was known or fraudulent, has received any sum as benefits under this chapter while any conditions for the receipt of benefits imposed by this chapter were not fulfilled […]
§ 50-7-612. Food Stamp Overissuance Deduction
An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing the claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes an overissuance, as defined in § 13(c)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, codified in 7 U.S.C. § 2022(c)(1), of food stamp benefits. The administrator shall notify the state food […]
§ 50-7-613. Receiving Notices Electronically and Submitting Separation Information Electronically — Electronic Appeals
By July 1, 2012, the department shall implement an Internet-based system that allows employers to receive separation notices from the department electronically and to submit separation information electronically to the department. The system shall also have the capability to allow an employer to initiate an appeal electronically.
§ 50-7-701. Records and Reports — Evidence — Privilege — Cost
Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records, for the periods of time and containing the information the commissioner prescribes. The records shall be open to inspection and be subject to being copied by the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representative at any reasonable time and as often as necessary. The commissioner, the […]
§ 50-7-702. Oaths and Witnesses — Disputed Claims — Evidence
In the discharge of the duties imposed by this part, an unemployment hearing officer, the commissioner, the commissioner’s designee, and any duly authorized representative of any of them shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of […]
§ 50-7-703. Subpoenas — Refusal to Obey — Penalty
In case of contumacy by or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by […]
§ 50-7-607. Employment Stabilization
The commissioner, with the advice and aid of the advisory council, and through the appropriate divisions, shall take all appropriate steps to: Reduce and prevent unemployment; Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; Investigate, recommend, advise and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, […]
§ 50-7-608. State Employment Service
The commissioner shall establish and maintain free public employment offices for the Tennessee state employment service in the number and in the places necessary for the proper administration of this chapter, and for the purposes of performing the duties that are within the purview of the act of congress entitled “An Act to provide for […]