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TN Code § 8-50-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-110. Use of Annual Leave to Attend Statewide Meeting of Employee Association

  Subject to the limitations hereinafter established, an officer or an employee who belongs to any employee association which is qualified for payroll deduction for association dues as set forth in § 8-23-204 shall be entitled to use two (2) days of their accrued annual leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter each year to attend a statewide meeting, conference or convention of the association. The total number of officers or employees entitled to such annual leave shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total number of employees who are members of the association according to the latest certification of the chief administrative officer made to the commissioner of finance and administration as required by § 8-23-204. Each such association may determine the method of allocating such leave among its members and shall, not more than thirty (30) nor less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date such leave is to be taken, certify to the commissioner of human resources the names of each person and that person's alternates who have been selected by the association as being entitled to such annual leave to attend the statewide meeting, conference or convention.   The first twenty-five percent (25%) of the employees of any work unit shall be granted such absence from work with pay based upon accrued annual leave. More than twenty-five percent (25%) of the employees of any work unit may be granted such absence from work with pay at the discretion of the head of the department or agency.   An officer or an employee who belongs to any employee association which is qualified for payroll deduction for association dues as set forth in § 8-23-204 and who is a member of the official board of such association shall be entitled to receive administrative leave days in order to attend board meetings to conduct business of the association; provided, that such leave shall not exceed twelve (12) days in any calendar year.
TN Code § 8-50-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-111. Disabling Assault Injuries in the Line of Duty — Retention on Regular Payroll — Conditions

  Whenever an employee of the state of Tennessee is injured in the line of duty as a result of the commission of an assault upon the employee, and whenever such injury disables the employee from performing the employee's regular duties, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, it is lawful for the appointing authority, with the prior approval of the commissioners of finance and administration and of human resources, to retain the injured employee on the regular payroll for a period of time not to exceed twenty-eight (28) calendar days without requiring the employee to use any sick leave benefits authorized by § 8-50-802.   The length of time an injured employee will be permitted to remain on the regular payroll shall be based upon a written statement from the attending physician that the employee is unable to perform the employee's regular duties. In no event shall this period exceed twenty-eight (28) calendar days from the date of the injury.   In circumstances where an employee so injured shall make a claim for compensation for such injury to the division of claims and risk management, then the appointing authority is authorized to compensate the employee for the difference between the employee's weekly salary at the time of the injury and the weekly compensation for such injury as determined by the division for the period of time between the date of the injury and the effective date of the action of the division. In no event shall the period of this compensation exceed ninety (90) calendar days. This provision shall not apply to employees who have failed to file a claim with the division within ten (10) calendar days after the date of the injury causing the temporary or permanent disability.   In the event that the injured employee receives any monetary recovery from or settlement with a third party where the state recovers any part of such recovery in compensation for payments made pursuant to this section, the state shall pay a pro rata share, based upon the percentage of the recovery it receives, of any attorneys fees paid or agreed to by the injured employee to secure such settlement or recovery.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an injured state employee from requesting permission to use any sick leave benefits in accordance with § 8-50-802.   This section shall apply to injuries sustained after July 1, 1981.
TN Code § 8-50-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-112. Announcement for Employment for Covered Position — Noncovered Positions — Criminal History — Definitions

  If an employer announces a position for employment that is a covered position, the announcement shall include the following statement:  NOTICE   This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.    If an employer announces a position for employment that is not a covered position, the employer shall not inquire about an applicant's criminal history on the initial application form. An employer may inquire about an applicant's criminal history after the initial screening of applications. If an employer inquires about an applicant's criminal history, the employer shall provide the applicant with an opportunity to provide an explanation of the applicant's criminal history to the employer.   In considering an applicant with a criminal history for a position for employment other than a covered position, an employer shall consider:  The specific duties and responsibilities of the position;   The bearing, if any, that an applicant's criminal history may have on the applicant's fitness or ability to perform the duties required by the position;   The amount of time that has elapsed since the applicant's conviction or release;   The age of the applicant at the time of the commission of each offense;   The frequency and seriousness of each offense;   Any information produced by the applicant regarding the applicant's rehabilitation and good conduct since the occurrence of an offense; and   Any public policy considerations with respect to the benefits of employment for applicants with criminal histories.     Except as otherwise required or expressly permitted by state or federal law, a criminal history obtained by an employer shall be confidential and not subject to the open records law, compiled in title 10, chapter 7.   An employer shall be held harmless and not liable for any damages arising from the employer's failure or refusal to hire an applicant for any covered position or other position based on information obtained by the employer from an inquiry into the criminal history of the applicant.   As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Covered position” means a position for employment for which a criminal background check is required under federal law or for which the commission of an offense is a disqualifying event for employment under federal or state law; and   “Employer”:  Means the state and any agency, authority, branch, bureau, commission, corporation, department, or instrumentality of the state; and   Does not include a contractor, subcontractor, a political subdivision of the state, the department of education, the state board of education, or the Tennessee bureau of investigation.
TN Code § 8-50-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-113. Bereavement Leave

  The officers and employees of the various agencies, boards, and departments of state government shall be granted three (3) days paid leave in the event of death of such officers' or employees' spouse, children, stepchildren, parents, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, stepparents, foster parents, or parents-in-law without charge to the affected officers' or employees' accumulated leave accounts.   This section shall not be construed to increase the total number of leave days provided in rules of the department of human resources for the death of a family member as defined in this section.
TN Code § 8-50-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-115. Education Tuition Reduction for Children of State Employees

   Every child in Tennessee under twenty-four (24) years of age whose parent is a full-time employee of the state or whose parent died while employed full-time or was killed on the job or in the line of duty while a full-time employee of the state shall receive a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction in the tuition at any state-operated area technical vocational school or institution of higher learning.   Every child in Tennessee under twenty-four (24) years of age whose parent is a retired employee of the state who retired after a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of full-time creditable service shall receive a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction in the tuition at any state-operated area technical vocational school or institution of higher learning.     The Tennessee higher education commission is hereby directed, authorized and empowered to promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this section. Such rules and regulations are subject to approval by the department of human resources.   Any reimbursements to a state-operated institution of higher learning for the tuition discounts provided by this section shall be limited to those funds specifically appropriated for that purpose in the general appropriations act. Such reimbursement shall be limited to providing for the discount on tuition provided for in this section.
TN Code § 8-50-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-117. Job Classifications for Marital and Family Therapists

 The department of human resources shall establish job classifications for marital and family therapists licensed pursuant to title 63, chapter 22, part 1, consistent with their scope of practice.
TN Code § 8-50-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-118. Keeping Employee Photo Identification on Retirement

 The state shall allow an employee upon retirement to keep such employee's employee photo identification card issued by the state. A sticker or other designation shall be placed on the employee photo identification card to indicate that the employee is retired.
TN Code § 8-50-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-50-120. Acceptance of Identification Documents to Determine Person's Citizenship, Immigration Status, or Residency

  An official or employee of this state or any political subdivision of this state shall not accept an identification document issued or created by any person, organization, county, city, or other local authority to determine a person's citizenship, immigration status, or residency, except where expressly authorized to be used for identification purposes by the general assembly or by federal law.   A local government or law enforcement agency shall not authorize, by policy, resolution, or ordinance, the use of any document described in subsection (a) as a form of identification to be used to determine the citizenship, immigration status, or residency of any person. Any local government or law enforcement policy, resolution, or ordinance that conflicts with this section is unenforceable and must be repealed or rescinded by the appropriate authority.
TN Code § 8-50-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 4 - Interchange of Personnel|§ 8-50-401. Interchange of Personnel Among State Governmental Agencies

 The state of Tennessee recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this state, and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor in achieving such cooperation.
TN Code § 8-50-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 4 - Interchange of Personnel|§ 8-50-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Receiving agency” means any department or agency of the federal government or a state government which receives an employee of another government under this part; and   “Sending agency” means any department or agency of the federal government or a state government which sends any employee thereof to another government agency under this part.
TN Code § 8-50-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 4 - Interchange of Personnel|§ 8-50-403. Program Participants — Limitations on Assignments — Exempted Persons

  Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency.   Details relating to any matter covered in this part may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies.   Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.
TN Code § 8-50-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 4 - Interchange of Personnel|§ 8-50-405. Travel Expenses — Payment by Sending Agency

 A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the state, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency, but shall not pay the travel expenses of such employees incurred in connection with their work assignments at the receiving agency.
TN Code § 8-50-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 4 - Interchange of Personnel|§ 8-50-407. Travel Expenses — Payment by Receiving Agency

 A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the state, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this part during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.
TN Code § 8-50-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 5 - Disclosure Statements of Conflict of Interests|§ 8-50-503. Amendments of Disclosure Statements

 Any disclosure statement shall be amended from time to time as conditions change because of the termination or acquisition of interests as to which disclosure is required.
TN Code § 8-50-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 5 - Disclosure Statements of Conflict of Interests|§ 8-50-504. Filing of Amended Disclosure Statement

 As long as any person required by this part to file a disclosure statement retains office or employment, such person shall file an amended statement with the Tennessee ethics commission or notify the Tennessee ethics commission in writing that such person has had no change of condition which requires an amended statement, not later than January 31 of each and every year, except that a delegate to a constitutional convention shall submit an amended statement with the Tennessee ethics commission or notify the Tennessee ethics commission, in writing, that such person has had no change of condition, not later than fifteen (15) days after the date provided in the call for the convening of the constitutional convention. If January 31 falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, § 1-3-102 shall apply.
TN Code § 8-50-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 5 - Disclosure Statements of Conflict of Interests|§ 8-50-505. Enforcement Powers

  The ethics commission has the jurisdiction to administer and enforce the provisions of this part concerning disclosure statements of conflicts of interest. This enforcement power includes the full range of powers and penalties and procedures established in title 3, chapter 6.   It is the intent of the general assembly that the sanctions provided in this section are the civil penalties enacted into law by § 3-6-205.
TN Code § 8-50-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 5 - Disclosure Statements of Conflict of Interests|§ 8-50-506. Preferred Service Employees — Financial Disclosure

  No employee in the preferred service under chapter 30 of this title, shall be required by the appointing authority to submit a disclosure statement or any financial disclosure statement, unless such employee or a member of the employee's immediate family has a financial interest with a value of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) which would constitute a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest under state law or the department of human resources' policy or other departmental policy.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) to the contrary, the appointing authority shall require any employee or person whose duties are to regulate, inspect, audit or procure goods or services or to administer tax laws to disclose the employee's or a member of the employee's immediate family's financial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest under state law or the department of human resources' policy or other departmental policy. Disclosures are required for individuals who have authority over these persons or these functions.   Disclosure to the immediate supervisor is required at the time an assignment is received which could result in a conflict. The immediate supervisor would then determine if a conflict exists which warrants reassignment of that task to another employee.   The appointing authority has responsibility for clearly communicating these provisions in writing to agency employees upon hiring and annually thereafter.
TN Code § 8-50-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 6 - Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980|§ 8-50-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980.”
TN Code § 8-50-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 6 - Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980|§ 8-50-602. Public Employee's Communication With Elected Public Officials

  No public employee shall be prohibited from communicating with an elected public official for any job-related purpose whatsoever.   For purposes of this part, “public employee” means any person providing services for the state of Tennessee, state agencies, counties, municipalities, or subdivisions of such governmental bodies in Tennessee for which compensation is paid.
TN Code § 8-50-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 6 - Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980|§ 8-50-603. Discipline or Discrimination for Communication Prohibited — Damages

  It is unlawful for any public employer to discipline, threaten to discipline or otherwise discriminate against an employee because such employee exercised that employee's right to communicate with an elected public official.   If the court of competent jurisdiction determines that a public employer has disciplined, threatened to discipline or otherwise discriminated against an employee because such employee exercised the rights provided by this part, such employee shall be entitled to compensatory damages plus reasonable attorney fees.
TN Code § 8-50-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 6 - Public Employee Political Freedom Act of 1980|§ 8-50-604. Construction

 No provision of this part shall be construed to prohibit an employer from correcting or reprimanding an employee for making untrue allegations concerning any job-related matter to an elected public official.
TN Code § 8-50-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 7 - Contributions to Education Trust Fund|§ 8-50-701. State Employees

  Any state employee may authorize deductions for contributions to the volunteer public education trust fund, established by § 49-3-403, to be made from the employee's compensation. These deductions shall be in addition to those permitted by other sections of this title.   To authorize deductions for contributions to the education trust fund, the state employee shall complete an authorization form which shall contain the employee's signature and the following information:  Employee's name;   Employee's social security number;   State agency of employment;   Facility or location of employment;   The amount to be deducted each month for contribution to the education trust fund; and   The following statement: “I, the undersigned, understand that this authorization is to become effective immediately. I understand that I may revoke, alter, or amend this authorization by written notification at any time.”     The deductions for contributions to the education trust fund authorized pursuant to this section shall be made from the compensation of an employee on the first payday of each month.   Any employee who authorizes deductions for contributions to the education trust fund as provided in this section may, at any time, revoke, alter or amend the authorization for payroll deduction.   The state treasurer, in conjunction with the commissioner of finance and administration, shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the procedures for the deductions of contributions to the education trust fund and the acceptance of the contributions by the education trust fund.
TN Code § 8-50-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Part 7 - Contributions to Education Trust Fund|§ 8-50-702. Part Definitions — Teachers' Contributions to the Volunteer Public Education Trust

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Local education agency” or “LEA” has the same definition as used in § 49-3-302; and   “Teacher” has the same definition as used in § 8-34-101.      All LEAs may make available to any teacher the option of contributing to the volunteer public education trust fund by payroll deductions.   The authorization form for deductions provided by an LEA shall conform to that required for state employees in § 8-50-701(b).   The LEA shall allow any teacher to revoke, alter, or amend that teacher's authorization for deduction of contributions by written notification at any time.