Applications - Tennessee

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

There is no one federal law that specifically addresses employment applications, although there are record retention guidelines under a variety of federal laws (see the Recordkeeping topic) and non-discrimination provisions for hiring in general (see the Discrimination topic).

Tennessee law provides that it is a discriminatory practice for an employer to limit, segregate or classify an employee or job applicant in any way which would tend to deprive the individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect their status because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.

State

Contact

Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Regulations

Tennessee Code Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4, §4-21-401

http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/tncode/

Federal

Contacts

None.

Regulations

None.