Tennessee Statutes
§ 4-21-409 — Discharge because employee not authorized to work in United States under federal immigration laws
Tennessee § 4-21-409
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-409 (2026).
Text
If an employer discovers that an employee is not authorized to work in the United States under federal immigration laws through results produced by the E-Verify program, as defined in § 50-1-702 , and discharges the employee based on those positive results, then the employee does not have a cause of action for discrimination based on national origin for the discharge under this part.
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Legislative History
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 832, s 6, eff. 4/19/2022.
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Tennessee § 4-21-409, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/4-21-409.