Tennessee Right to Work Law Poster

The Tennessee Right to Work Law is a Tennessee equal opportunity law poster provided for businesses by the Tennessee Department Of Labor and Workforce Development. This is an optional notification, so while it is recommended that businesses hang this poster if relevant to their employees, it is not required by the Department Of Labor and Workforce Development.

Tennessee Code Annotated 50-1-201 declares that it is unlawful for any employer or organization operating in the State of Tennessee to do any of the following:

One, deny any person employment as a result of their relationship, either associated or refusal to be such, with a labor union or employee organization.

Two, enter into any type of contact excluding anyone from employment as a result of their relationship, affiliated or not, with a labor organization or employee union.

Three, exclude from employment any person by reason of their failure to join or pay dues to a labor union or employee organization of any kind.

Four, enter a contract of any kind that prevents any employee from withdrawing form a labor union or employee organization prior to the agreements original expiration; however, this final measure does not apply to a city, town, municipality, or county.

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TENNESSEE RIGHT TO WORK LAW	   	
Tennessee Code Annotated §50-1-201 et seq. states that it  
is unlawful for any employer or organization of any kind: 	
1.  To deny or attempt to deny employment to any person by reason  
of the person’s membership in, affiliation with, resignation from   
or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee   
organization of any kind.
2.  To enter into any contract, combination or agreement, written or 
oral, providing for exclusion from employment of any person   
because of membership in, affiliation with, resignation from or   
refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee   
organization of any kind	
.	
3.  To exclude from employment an person by reason of the person’s 
payment of or failure to pay dues, fees, assessments or other 
charges to any labor union or employee organization of any kind.	
 	
4. Operating in this state to execute an agreement with a union or 
employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of 
membership clause prohibiting employees for withdrawing from a 
labor union or employee organization prior to the agreement’s   
expiration.  This section shall not apply to a city, town, municipality 
or county including a county having a metropolitan form of   
government.  
An employer or organization of any kind violating any of the  
provisions of this part commits a Class A misdemeanor.  	
State Of Tennessee 
Department Of Labor And Workforce Development  220 French Landing DriveNashville, TN 37243

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More Tennessee Labor Law Posters 8 PDFS

Minimum-Wage.org provides an additional seven required and optional Tennessee labor law posters that may be relevant to your business. Be sure to also print and post all required state labor law posters, as well as all of the mandatory federal labor law posters.

List of all 8 Tennessee labor law posters

Tennessee Labor Law Poster Sources:

• Original poster PDF URL: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/workforce/documents/majorpublications/requiredposters/Right-to-Work-Poster.pdf , last updated May 2020
• Tennessee Labor Law Poster Page at http://www.tn.gov/workforce/article/required-posters
• Tennessee Department Of Labor and Workforce Development at http://www.tn.gov/workforce