{"id":"DUT-TN-017","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 8-6-109; construing 2021 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 513 and Tennessee employment law","instrument":"Tenn. Att\u0027y Gen. Op. No. 21-16","title":"COVID-19 Vaccination as Condition of Employment Imposed by Private Employers","dateIssued":"2021-10-06","effective":"2021-10-06 (opinion)","end":"n/a (opinion; the legislature restricted private vaccination requirements by 2021 Tenn. Pub. Acts (3d Ex. Sess.) ch. 6, Nov. 12, 2021, Ex. TN-066)","startDate":"2021-10-06","endDate":"2021-11-12","quarters":[],"types":["VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (private)"],"clause":"Tennessee law does not prohibit private employers from requiring their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":[],"notes":"Stated the law as it stood through the third quarter of 2021: a private employer could impose COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, subject to federal law (the opinion names the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act) and contractual obligations; the opinion records the employer\u0027s authority and responsibility over workplace health conditions. Character as recorded: agency_interpretation (Attorney General opinion; permissive: \u0027does not prohibit\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/ops/2021/op21-16.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193293,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_interpretation","description":"","collection":"DUT-TN","url":"/library/DUT-TN-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TN-017","citation":"Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Tenn. Att\u0027y Gen. Op. No. 21-16 (Oct. 6, 2021) (Ex. DUT-TN-017)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-066"]}