As used in this part:

(1) “Department” means the department of labor and workforce development;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-7-803

  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Department: means the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-7-803
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Displaced homemaker: means an individual who has been:
    (A) Providing unpaid services to the individual's family members in the home. See Tennessee Code 50-7-803
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) “Dislocated worker” means an individual who:

(A) Has been terminated or laid off, or who has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, including an individual:

(i) Currently eligible for unemployment insurance benefits; or
(ii) Who has exhausted entitlement to unemployment insurance benefits;
(B) Has been terminated or laid off, or has received a notice of termination or layoff from employment as a result of any permanent closure of, or any substantial layoff at, a plant, facility, or enterprise, including a facility at which the employer has made a general announcement that the facility will close within one hundred eighty (180) days;
(C) Was self-employed, but is unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides or because of natural disasters; or
(D) Is a displaced homemaker;
(3) “Displaced homemaker” means an individual who has been:

(A) Providing unpaid services to the individual’s family members in the home; and
(B) Dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income;
(4) “Eligible business” means a business determined by the department to be eligible for Tennessee works pilot program grants;
(5) “Eligible training expenses” means expenses determined by the department to be eligible for grants awarded through the Tennessee works pilot program; and
(6) “Trade adjustment assistance funds” means funds distributed in accordance with the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, compiled in title 19 of the United States Code.
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