State Record Retention Requirements – TN

TENNESSEE

Wage and Hour 

  No requirements 

Worker Injuries, Health, and Safety: 

  No requirements 

Other Employment Records: 

An employer must require an employee to submit to reasonable-suspicion drug or alcohol testing. A written record shall be made of the observations leading to a controlled substance reasonable suspicion test within 24 hours of the observed behavior or before the results of the test are released, whichever is earlier. A copy of this documentation shall be given to the employee upon request and the original documentation shall be kept confidential by the covered employer and shall be retained by the covered employer for at least one year.  

Does your state give employees a legal right to examine their own personnel files? 

Employees’ Rights: 

State employees are allowed access at any reasonable time to their personnel files. They are entitled to copy their files at their own expense. There are no comparable laws for other governmental or private-sector employees. 

Former Employees’ Rights: 

  Statute limited to current employees. 

Covered Employers 

  State government 

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