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TN Code § 50-7-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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 merit basis.   The commissioner shall provide for the holding of examinations to determine the qualifications of applicants for the positions so classified, and, except for temporary appointments not to exceed six (6) months in duration, shall appoint the personnel on the basis of efficiency and fitness as determined in the examinations.   The commissioner shall not appoint or employ any person who is an officer or committee member of any political party organization or who holds, or is a candidate for, any elective public office.   The commissioner may delegate to any person so appointed the power and authority the commissioner deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter, and may, in the commissioner's discretion, require bond of any person handling moneys or signing checks or warrants under this chapter, and the premiums on the bond shall be paid from the administrative fund.     The provisions of this section as to the holding of examinations and the making of appointments on the basis of the examinations shall be inoperative so long as the state has in effect a civil service system applicable to the department of labor and workforce development.
TN Code § 50-7-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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 policies and discussing problems related to the administration of this chapter and in assuring impartiality and freedom from political influence in the solution of the problems.   The advisory council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expense.   All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   In addition to any other meetings the state advisory council may have with the commissioner for those purposes included in subsection (b), the state advisory council shall meet at least twice a year with the administrator. At such meetings the administrator shall advise the council on the status of all operations of the division and the programs administered within the division. Members of the advisory council shall not be reimbursed for necessary expenses in attending such meetings.
TN Code § 50-7-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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, school districts and the state, of reserves for public work to be used in times of business depression and unemployment;   Promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and   To these ends, carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies.
TN Code § 50-7-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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 the establishment of a national employment system and for the cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1933, 48 Stat. 113; 29 U.S.C. § 49(c).   It is the duty of the commissioner to cooperate with and, subject to the approval of the governor, to enter into any necessary and desirable agreements with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the act referenced in subdivision (a)(1), or any subsequent act of congress, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this state the benefits of the act referenced in subdivision (a)(1), or any subsequent acts of congress in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices.   The act referenced in subdivision (a)(1), is accepted by this state, in conformity with section 4 of that act, and this state will observe and comply with the requirements of the act referenced in subdivision (a)(1).   The department is designated and constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of that act.   The commissioner shall appoint the director, and other officers and employees of the Tennessee state employment service.   The commissioner may cooperate with or enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board with respect to the establishment, maintenance and the use of free employment service facilities.      All moneys received by this state under that act of congress, as amended, shall be paid into the special employment service account in the unemployment compensation administration fund, and these moneys are made available to the commissioner to be expended as provided by this section and by the act referenced in subdivision (a)(1).   For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with the railroad retirement board, or any other agency of the United States charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation law, with any political subdivisions of this state, or with any private, nonprofit organization, and, as a part of the agreement, the commissioner may accept moneys, services or quarters as a contribution to the employment service account.
TN Code § 50-7-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 50-7-609. Assistant or Deputy Commissioner

  The commissioner of labor and workforce development may appoint an assistant or deputy commissioner for the division of employment security, and may delegate to the person so appointed the responsibility and authority in connection with the administration of this chapter, the commissioner may, from time to time, deem necessary, reasonable and proper for the effective and efficient administration of the division, including, but not limited to, the coordination of the unemployment compensation bureau of the division and the Tennessee state employment service.   Neither this chapter nor title 8, chapter 30 shall apply to the appointment of the assistant or deputy commissioner provided for in this section, or to the assistant or deputy commissioner's tenure of office, it being the express intent that the assistant or deputy commissioner shall serve in that capacity solely at the will of the commissioner.
TN Code § 50-7-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 50-7-610. Contracts for Administration of Programs

 Any political subdivision of the state may contract for the administration of an unemployment compensation program following the established procedures of the division of employment security required by the terms of this chapter without the necessity of public bidding, as required by any public or private act or charter restriction, if the contract is entered into pursuant to a plan authorized and approved by any organization of governmental entities representing cities or counties.
TN Code § 50-7-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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 stamp agency enforcing such obligation of any individual who discloses that such individual owes food stamp overissuances and who is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.   The administrator shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to the individual who owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamp benefits:  The amount specified by the individual to the administrator to be deducted and withheld under this subsection (b);   The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the state food stamp agency under § 13(c)(3)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, codified in 7 U.S.C. § 2022(c)(3)(A); or   Any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to § 13(c)(3)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, codified in 7 U.S.C. § 2022(c)(3)(B).     Any amount deducted and withheld under this section shall be paid by the administrator to the appropriate state food stamp agency.   Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (b) shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and be treated as if it were paid by the individual to the state food stamp agency as repayment of the individual's uncollected overissuance of food stamp benefits.   For purposes of this section, “unemployment compensation” means any compensation payable under this chapter, including amounts payable by the commissioner pursuant to an agreement under federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.   This section applies only if arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state food stamp agency for the administrative costs incurred by the commissioner under this section that are attributable to the repayment of uncollected overissuances to the state food stamp agency.
TN Code § 50-7-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 6 - Administration|§ 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.
TN Code § 50-7-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 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 books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of this part.
TN Code § 50-7-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 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 the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee, an unemployment hearing officer, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall have jurisdiction to issue to the person an order requiring that person to appear before the commissioner, the commissioner’s designee, an unemployment hearing officer, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of the court, and, in addition to the contempt proceeding, any person who without just cause fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, if it is in the person's power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the commissioner, the commissioner’s designee, an unemployment hearing officer or any duly authorized representative of any of them, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-7-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-704. Protection Against Self-Incrimination

 No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the commissioner, an unemployment hearing officer, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, or in obedience to the subpoena of any of them in any cause or proceeding before the commissioner or an unemployment hearing officer, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which the individual is compelled after having claimed the individual's privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
TN Code § 50-7-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-705. Federal-State Cooperation

  In the administration of this chapter, the commissioner shall cooperate with the United States department of labor to the fullest extent consistent with this chapter, and shall take action, through the adoption of appropriate rules, regulations, administrative methods and standards, necessary to secure to this state and its citizens all advantages available under the Social Security Act, compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., that relate to unemployment compensation, the federal Unemployment Tax Act, compiled in 26 U.S.C. § 3301 et seq., the Wagner-Peyser Act, compiled in 29 U.S.C. § 49 et seq., and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, found at 26 U.S.C. § 3304 note.   In the administration of § 50-7-305, which is enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the commissioner shall take action necessary to:  Ensure that § 50-7-305 is interpreted and applied to meet the requirements of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 found at 26 U.S.C. § 3304 note, as interpreted by the United States department of labor; and   Secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of extended benefits paid under this chapter that are reimbursable under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.     The commissioner may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States or of any state charged with administration of any unemployment insurance law.
TN Code § 50-7-707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-707. Destruction of Records

 Destruction of records maintained by the division of employment security shall be accomplished pursuant to the terms of title 10, chapter 7, part 3; provided, that the records shall be retained for a period of time at least as long as may be necessary in order to comply with applicable federal law.
TN Code § 50-7-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-709. Misrepresentation to Obtain Benefits — Penalty

  It is an offense for any person or entity to knowingly make a false statement or representation or fail to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this chapter, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of any other person.   Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact constitutes a separate offense.   All prosecutions for offenses defined by this section shall be commenced within two (2) years after the commission of the offense.    A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.   A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation of this section occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.   A first or subsequent violation of this section where the person has a prior conviction for a similar offense in another jurisdiction is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.   Subdivision (d)(2) or (d)(3) shall only apply if at least one (1) of the required offenses occurs on or after January 1, 2010.
TN Code § 50-7-710 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-710. Misrepresentation to Obtain Benefits Under Other Than Tennessee Law — Penalty

  It is an offense for any person to knowingly make a false statement or representation of a material fact or fail to disclose a material fact with intent to defraud by obtaining or increasing any benefit under the unemployment compensation law of any other state of the United States or of the federal government or of any of its territories, or of a foreign government, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of any other person.   Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact constitutes a separate offense.    A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.   A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation of this section occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.   A first or subsequent violation of this section where the person has a prior conviction for a similar offense in another jurisdiction is a Class E felony; provided, that the second or subsequent violation occurs after a conviction has been obtained for the previous violation.   Subdivision (c)(2) or (c)(3) shall only apply if at least one (1) of the required offenses occurs on or after January 1, 2010.
TN Code § 50-7-711 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 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 or remaining subject to this chapter, or to avoid or reduce any premium or other payment required from an employing unit under this chapter, or who willfully fails or refuses to make the premiums or other payments, or to furnish any reports required under this chapter, or to produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required under this chapter, commits a Class E felony.   Each false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact, and each day of the failure or refusal constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 50-7-712 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 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, commits a Class E felony.   Each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 50-7-713 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 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 in the person's case, or while the person was disqualified from receiving benefits, shall, in the discretion of the administrator, either be liable to have the sum deducted from any future benefits payable to the person under this chapter or shall be liable to repay to the administrator for the unemployment compensation fund, a sum equal to the amount so received by the person, and the sum shall be collectible in the manner provided in § 50-7-404(b) for the collection of past-due premiums.   Furthermore, any person who knowingly and willfully violates this section commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 50-7-714 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Employment Security Law|Part 7 - Enforcement|§ 50-7-714. Prosecutions — Representation in Court

   All criminal actions for violations of this chapter, or any rules or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be prosecuted by the district attorney general of the judicial district in which the violation occurs, or the attorney general and reporter, in which case a prosecutor shall be dispensed with and no prosecutor need be marked on the indictment for the violation.   The grand juries of the state are given inquisitorial powers over the violations of this chapter.     In the event any criminal actions for the violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter should, in the opinion of the appropriate district attorney general, be initiated by a criminal warrant for the purpose of providing the accused a preliminary hearing to determine probable cause, the appropriate district attorney general or assistant district attorney general shall sign the warrant.