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Tennessee has NO state minimum wage law currently in effect. The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development's official Referrals page (tn.gov/workforce) explicitly states that minimum wage is NOT regulated by the TN DLWD: 'U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) regulates overtime, 1099 employees, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), minimum wage, Interstate Commerce...' — the state labor department directs minimum wage questions to the federal USDOL. The Labor Standards Unit page confirms Tennessee enforces six labor laws (Child Labor Act, Wage Regulations Act, Prevailing Wage Act, Illegal Alien Act, TLEA, NSPA) and none is a minimum wage law. Federal FLSA minimum of $7.25/hr applies to covered employers. — Source
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Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, no state overtime law, and no proposed minimum wage bill has been enacted through the 114th General Assembly — making Tennessee a pure-FLSA state with no state enforcement mechanism for wage floors.
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How Tennessee differs
Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, no state overtime law, and no proposed minimum wage bill has been enacted through the 114th General Assembly — making Tennessee a pure-FLSA state with no state enforcement mechanism for wage floors.
Weekly overtime: Tennessee requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek. Source.
Tennessee wage payment and collection law
Beyond the minimum wage and overtime rate, Tennessee has its own wage-payment statute governing when workers must be paid, what happens to a final paycheck, and how to recover wages an employer has not paid. The essentials, drawn from TN Dept of Labor and Workforce Development, Labor Standards Unit, are below.
- How often wages must be paid
- Wage Regulations Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §50-2-103): wages due at least once per month; twice-monthly payers must pay wages earned before the 1st by the 20th and before the 16th by the 5th of the succeeding month. Private employers with 5+ employees must keep regular paydays.
- Final paycheck after separation
- §50-2-103(g): on separation, all wages by the next regular payday or 21 days, whichever occurs last.
- Other state-specific rules
- 30-minute unpaid meal/rest period for shifts of 6 consecutive hours (§50-2-103(h)). Deductions generally require a signed written agreement (§50-2-110). Equal-pay protections (§50-2-202).
Primary source: TN Dept of Labor and Workforce Development, Labor Standards Unit. Statute citations are the state's own; verify your specific situation before acting.