§ 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 […]
§ 50-7-601. Unemployment Compensation Bureau — Division of the Tennessee State Employment Service
There is created and established in the division of employment security a coordinate bureau to be designated as the unemployment compensation bureau. The bureau shall be a separate administrative unit with respect to personnel and budget, except insofar as the commissioner may find that separation is impracticable. The bureau shall exercise all the powers, perform […]
§ 50-7-602. Authority and Duties of Commissioner
It is the duty of the administrator to administer this chapter. The commissioner has the power and authority to adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations, to employ persons, make expenditures, require reports, make investigations, and take other action the commissioner deems necessary or suitable to that end. The rules and regulations shall be effective […]
§ 50-7-603. Regulations and Rules
Regulations and rules may be adopted, amended or rescinded by the commissioner as provided in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
§ 50-7-604. Publications
The commissioner shall cause to be printed for distribution to the public the text of this chapter, the commissioner’s regulations and general rules, the commissioner’s annual reports to the governor, to be printed for distribution biennially, and any other material the commissioner deems relevant and suitable and shall furnish the material to any person upon […]
§ 50-7-605. Personnel
Subject to this chapter, the commissioner is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation and prescribe the duties and powers of officers, accountants, attorneys, experts and other persons necessary in the performance of the commissioner’s duties. All positions except those provided for in § 50-7-714 shall be filled by persons selected and appointed on a nonpartisan […]
§ 50-7-606. State Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council
The commissioner shall appoint a state unemployment compensation advisory council composed of an equal number of employer representatives and employee representatives who may fairly be regarded as representative because of their vocation, employment or affiliations, and of members representing the general public that the commissioner may designate. This council shall aid the commissioner in formulating […]
§ 50-7-503. Unemployment Compensation Special Administrative Fund
There is created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “unemployment compensation special administrative fund,” which shall consist of interest collected on delinquent payments pursuant to § 50-7-404(a), the penalty rate payments collected under § 50-7-403(b)(2)(G)(i)(b ), the civil money penalties collected under § 50-7-403(b)(2)(G)(ii), penalties collected in accordance with § […]