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.
