# Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-105: Employers' rights and duties > Tennessee · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-105 ## Section - **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-105 - **Heading:** Employers' rights and duties - **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TN Code / Title 50 / Chapter 3 / Section 50-3-105 ## Text Rights and duties of employers include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Each employer shall furnish to each of its employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious injury or harm to its employees; (2) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter; (3) Each employer shall refrain from any unreasonable restraint on the right of the commissioner to inspect the employer's place of business. Each employer shall assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's inspection duties by supplying or by making available information, personnel or inspection aids reasonably necessary to the effective conduct of the inspection; (4) Any employer, or association of employers, is entitled to participate in the development of standards by submission of comments on proposed standards, participation in hearings on proposed standards, or by requesting the development of standards on a given issue, under § 50-3-201 ; (5) Any employer is entitled, under § 50-3-307 , to a review of any citation issued because of the employer's alleged violation of any standard promulgated under this chapter; (6) Any employer is entitled, under §§ 50-3-402 - 50-3-408, to a review of any penalty in the form of civil damages assessed against the employer because of the employer's alleged violation of this chapter; (7) Any employer is entitled, under part 6 of this chapter, to seek an order granting a variance from an occupational safety or health standard; and (8) Any employer is entitled, under § 50-3-914 , to protection of the employer's trade secrets and other legally privileged communications. Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 4; 1974, ch. 585, §§ 4-7; 1977, ch. 111, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1977, ch. 111, § 44; T.C.A., § 50-505; Acts 1999, ch. 520, § 41. Rights and duties of employers include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Each employer shall furnish to each of its employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious injury or harm to its employees; (2) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter; (3) Each employer shall refrain from any unreasonable restraint on the right of the commissioner to inspect the employer's place of business. Each employer shall assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner's inspection duties by supplying or by making available information, personnel or inspection aids reasonably necessary to the effective conduct of the inspection; (4) Any employer, or association of employers, is entitled to participate in the development of standards by submission of comments on proposed standards, participation in hearings on proposed standards, or by requesting the development of standards on a given issue, under § 50-3-201 ; (5) Any employer is entitled, under § 50-3-307 , to a review of any citation issued because of the employer's alleged violation of any standard promulgated under this chapter; (6) Any employer is entitled, under §§ 50-3-402 - 50-3-408, to a review of any penalty in the form of civil damages assessed against the employer because of the employer's alleged violation of this chapter; (7) Any employer is entitled, under part 6 of this chapter, to seek an order granting a variance from an occupational safety or health standard; and (8) Any employer is entitled, under § 50-3-914 , to protection of the employer's trade secrets and other legally privileged communications. Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 4; 1974, ch. 585, §§ 4-7; 1977, ch. 111, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1977, ch. 111, § 44; T.C.A., § 50-505; Acts 1999, ch. 520, § 41. ## Nearby sections - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-101 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-101.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-102 Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-102.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-103 Chapter definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-103.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-104 Scope of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-104.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-105 Employers' rights and duties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-105.md) - [Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-106 Employees' rights and duties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T50_C3_S50-3-106.md) - [Tenn. 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