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About employment law in Tennessee
Discrimination and harassment, unpaid wages and overtime, retaliation and wrongful termination. Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, so the federal Fair Labor Standards Act sets the minimum wage, and most discrimination claims start with a charge to the federal EEOC.
- Tennessee has no state minimum wage law. Employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
- A discrimination charge must normally be filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 180 calendar days. The deadline becomes 300 days where a state or local agency enforces a law against the same kind of discrimination.
- The EEOC's Memphis District Office is at 200 Jefferson Avenue, 14th Floor, Memphis.
Common questions about employment lawyers in Knoxville
How long do I have to file a discrimination charge with the EEOC?
Normally 180 calendar days from the discrimination. It becomes 300 days where a state or local agency enforces a law against the same kind of discrimination (for age discrimination, only a state law counts). Equal Pay Act claims don't need a charge and have two years, or three if the discrimination was willful. Federal employees must contact their agency's EEO counselor within 45 days.
What is the minimum wage in Tennessee?
Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, so employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Where would an employment case from Knoxville start?
Most discrimination claims start with a charge to the EEOC, whose Memphis District Office is at 200 Jefferson Avenue, 14th Floor, Memphis. Complaints about wages under federal law can go to the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (1-866-487-9243).
Are the employment lawyers listed for Knoxville licensed?
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility's online directory lists every attorney licensed to practise law in Tennessee, with their office address, so you can look up any lawyer before you hire them. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire.
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