Within each governmental entity, no state employees who are relatives shall be placed within the same direct line of supervision whereby one (1) relative is responsible for supervising the job performance or work activities of another relative; provided, that to the extent possible, this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit two (2) or more such relatives from working within the same state governmental entity.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-31-103
Direct supervision of relatives prohibited
Known as the Tennessee State Employees Uniform Nepotism Policy Act
The act spans §§ 8–8 (7 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wooley v. Madison County, Tennessee (2002)
Most recently applied in Wooley v. Madison County, Tennessee (June 2002)
Acts 1980, ch. 789, § 3.
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.