Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-301

Discriminatory practices

Applied in 40 court decisions — leading case Newman v. Federal Express Corp. (2001)

Most recently applied in Shaina Kirkland v. City of Maryville, Tenn. (December 2022)

Acts 1978, ch. 748, § 16; T.C.A., §§ 4-2114, 4-21-114; Acts 2014, ch. 995, § 1.

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(1) It is a discriminatory practice for a person or for two (2) or more persons to: Retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because such person has opposed a practice declared discriminatory by this chapter or because such person has made a charge, filed a complaint, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding or hearing under this chapter;

(2) Willfully interfere with the performance of a duty or the exercise of a power by the commission or one (1) of its members or representatives;

(3) Willfully obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this chapter or an order issued under this chapter; or

(4) Violate the terms of a conciliation agreement made pursuant to this chapter.

(5) No individual employee or agent of an employer shall be liable for any violation of part 4 of this chapter that any employer shall be found to have committed.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.