[Effective 7/1/2024]

As used in this chapter, “work”:

(1) Has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. § 251 et seq.); and
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-2-115

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Does not include the time that an employee spends on:

(A) Walking, riding, or traveling to and from the actual place of performance of the principal activity or activities that the employee is employed to perform;
(B) Activities that are preliminary to or postliminary to the principal activity; or
(C) Activities that require insubstantial or insignificant periods of time beyond the employee’s scheduled working hours.
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