{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-3-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 14-3-101","heading":"[Expired] Unemployment benefits","body":"(a) The disqualification from receipt of unemployment benefits provided in § 50-7-303(a)(1)(A) does not apply to a claimant who left employment because the claimant's employer, as defined in § 50-7-205 , required its employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and the claimant failed or refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.\n(b) Unemployment benefits shall not be reduced or denied under title 50, chapter 7 to an otherwise eligible claimant who left employment due to the claimant's failing or refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.\n(c) This section entitles an otherwise eligible claimant to a retroactive payment of unemployment benefits if the claimant was denied benefits on grounds that the claimant's separation from employment for failing or refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine was insufficient for benefits.\nAdded by 2021EX3 Tenn. Acts, ch. 6, s 1, eff. 11/12/2021.","path":["TN Code","Title 14","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"c5ac309ae961fc3460ae361b7500175277573c62624e24e8101ec6caaf5ea746","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-2-105","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-14-4-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}