Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-311
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Employer prohibited from using results of voice stress analysis to prove misconduct by employee
Official statutory text
(a) As used in this section, "voice stress analysis" means the use of a device that has the ability to electronically analyze the responses of an individual to a specific set of questions and to record the analysis, both digitally and on a graph. (b) At any hearing or other employment procedure in which an employee is entitled to due process, no employer shall introduce the results of a voice stress analysis performed on an employee to prove misconduct by the employee. Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 928,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
(a) As used in this section, "voice stress analysis" means the use of a device that has the ability to electronically analyze the responses of an individual to a specific set of questions and to record the analysis, both digitally and on a graph.
(b) At any hearing or other employment procedure in which an employee is entitled to due process, no employer shall introduce the results of a voice stress analysis performed on an employee to prove misconduct by the employee.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 928,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
(a) As used in this section, "voice stress analysis" means the use of a device that has the ability to electronically analyze the responses of an individual to a specific set of questions and to record the analysis, both digitally and on a graph.
(b) At any hearing or other employment procedure in which an employee is entitled to due process, no employer shall introduce the results of a voice stress analysis performed on an employee to prove misconduct by the employee.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 928,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Status: in_force
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