{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-4-21-409","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-409","heading":"Discharge because employee not authorized to work in United States under federal immigration laws","body":"If an employer discovers that an employee is not authorized to work in the United States under federal immigration laws through results produced by the E-Verify program, as defined in § 50-1-702 , and discharges the employee based on those positive results, then the employee does not have a cause of action for discrimination based on national origin for the discharge under this part.","path":["TN Code","Title 4","Chapter 21"],"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":"784dbe4e62f8207462eb823bdc4f8964f2e484dd078ac43c9b80eebd318e4fb9","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-4-21-408","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-4-21-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}