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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-6-503

  • Employee: includes every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, the president, any vice president, secretary, treasurer or other executive officer of a corporate employer without regard to the nature of the duties of the corporate officials, in the service of an employer, as employer is defined in subdivision (11), under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, written or implied. See Tennessee Code 50-6-102

When an employee incurs an injury compensable under this chapter, the discussion or furnishing, or failure to discuss or furnish, or failure to enforce any safety or health provision, shall not subject a labor organization representing the injured employee to any civil liability for the injury.