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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 50 - Employer and Employee
Chapter 1 - Employment Relationship and Practices
Part 5 - Healthy Workplace Act
§ 50-1-502. Part definitions.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 50-1-502 (2017)
- As used in this part:
- (1) "Abusive conduct" means acts or omissions that would cause a reasonable person, based on the severity, nature, and frequency of the conduct, to believe that an employee was subject to an abusive work environment, such as:
- (A) Repeated verbal abuse in the workplace, including derogatory remarks, insults, and epithets;
- (B) Verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a threatening, intimidating, or humiliating nature in the workplace; or
- (C) The sabotage or undermining of an employee's work performance in the workplace;
- (2) "Agency" means any department, commission, board, office or other agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government; and
- (3) "Employer" means any agency, county, metropolitan government, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state.
- (1) "Abusive conduct" means acts or omissions that would cause a reasonable person, based on the severity, nature, and frequency of the conduct, to believe that an employee was subject to an abusive work environment, such as:
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