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Timestamp: 2019-01-24 02:31:05
Document Index: 368873021

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50', 'art 9', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50']

Definition of Employee - Seven Factors
The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law defines who is an Employee. TCA § 50-6-102(10)(D) lists the seven factors to be considered in determining whether and individual is an employee or independent contractor. These factors still apply to any employees not otherwise covered by the Construction Service Provider portion of the law. For the definition of employees of Construction Service Providers, see TCA § 50-6-902.
Here is the definition as found in TCA § 50-6-102(10)(D):
(10) (A) "Employee" includes every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, the president, any vice president, secretary, treasurer or other executive officer of a corporate employer without regard to the nature of the duties of the corporate officials, in the service of an employer, as employer is defined in subdivision (11), under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied. Any reference in this chapter to an employee who has been injured shall, where the employee is dead, also include the employee's legal representatives, dependents and other persons to whom compensation may be payable under this chapter;
(B) "Employee" includes a sole proprietor or a partner who devotes full time to the proprietorship or partnership and elects to be included in the definition of employee by filing written notice of the election with the division at least thirty (30) days before the occurrence of any injury or death, and may at any time withdraw the election by giving notice of the withdrawal to the division;
(C) The provisions of this subdivision (10), allowing a sole proprietor or a partner to elect to come under this chapter, shall not be construed to deny coverage of the sole proprietor or partner under any individual or group accident and sickness policy the sole proprietor or partner may have in effect, in cases where the sole proprietor or partner has elected not to be covered by the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law, for injuries sustained by the sole proprietor or partner that would have been covered by the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law had the election been made, notwithstanding any provision of the accident and sickness policy to the contrary. Nothing in this section shall require coverage of occupational injuries or sicknesses, if occupational injuries or sicknesses are not covered under the terms of the policy without reference to eligibility for workers' compensation benefits;
(D)(i) In a work relationship, in order to determine whether an individual is an "employee," or whether an individual is a "subcontractor" or an "independent contractor," the following factors shall be considered:
(a) The right to control the conduct of the work;
(g) The freedom to offer services to other entities;
(ii) A premium shall not be charged by an insurance company for any individual determined to be an independent contractor pursuant to this subdivision (11)(D);
(E) "Employee" does not include a construction services provider, as defined in § 50-6-901, if the construction services provider is:
(i) Listed on the registry established pursuant to part 9 of this chapter as having a workers' compensation exemption and is working in the service of the business entity through which the provider obtained such an exemption;
(ii) Not covered under a policy of workers' compensation insurance maintained by the person or entity for whom the provider is providing services; and
(iii) Rendering services on a construction project that:
(a) Is not a commercial construction project, as defined in § 50-6-901; or
(b) Is a commercial construction project, as defined in § 50-6-901, and the general contractor for whom the construction services provider renders construction services complies with § 50-6-914(b)(2);