Tennessee Employment and Labor Law Updates 2021


December

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


November

Unemployment Compensation

Bill

Senate Bill 9014

Summary

Adds new title of COVID 19 to the Tennessee Code Annotated; provides for unemployment benefits relative to COVID 19; provides that a private business, governmental entity, school, or local education agency shall not compel or otherwise take an adverse action against a person to compel the person to provide proof of vaccination if the person objects to receiving a COVID 19 vaccine for any reason; provides for face coverings.

Enacted

11/15/2021

Effective Date

11/12/2021

Topics

Unemployment; Workers_Comp


October

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


September

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


August

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


July

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


June

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


May

Workers Compensation

Bill

House Bill 94

Summary

Requires disputes concerning an employer’s failure to provide medical care and treatment, medical services or medical benefits, or both, to meet certain requirements; removes requirement that all compensation be paid prior to an employee qualifying for vocational recovery assistance; extends current provisions, as amended, for four years; authorizes workers’ compensation judges to conduct judicial settlement conferences.

Enacted

05/10/2021

Effective Date

04/30/2021

Topics

Workers_Comp


Child Labor

Bill

House Bill 771

Summary

Requires the department of labor and workforce development, on or before January 1, 2022, to submit a report to the house commerce committee and the senate commerce and labor committee discussing apprenticeship programs for minors in this state.

Enacted

05/14/2021

Effective Date

05/11/2021

Topics

Apprenticeships


Child Labor

Bill

House Bill 926

Summary

Allows an age-restricted venue to continue to permit smoking in the venue even if the venue employs a person under 21 years of age if the employee is at least 16 years of age, the child of the owner of the venue, and the venue is not an adult-oriented establishment.

Enacted

05/14/2021

Effective Date

07/01/2021

Topics

Employee_16_to_17; Under_21; Adult_oriented; Child_labor


State Employees

Bill

House Bill 1578

Summary

Relates to State Employees; provides 36 hours of yearly leave for a state employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more to be used to attend appointments related to the service-connected disability.

Enacted

05/14/2021

Effective Date

07/01/2021

Topics

Veteran; Government; Medical; Military


Category of Workers

Bill

Senate Bill 1573

Summary

Prohibits a state or local governmental entity, the governor, or the executive head of a local government from classifying a category of workers as essential or nonessential.

Enacted

05/14/2021

Effective Date

05/11/2021

Topics

Government; Local_authority; Essential_employer; Nonessential


April

Workers Compensation

Bill

House Bill 395

Summary

Removes liability of a general contractor, intermediate contractor, or subcontractor for workers’ compensation to a construction services provider for injuries occurring during the time period of certain dates, under certain conditions.

Enacted

04/12/2021

Effective Date

04/07/2021

Topics

Workers_Comp


March

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


February

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.


January

There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.

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