# Tennessee — State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

For Tennessee, law category is layoff notification; state law name is TN Plant Closing Act; state threshold is 50-99 (partial); federal threshold is 100; key differences is lower threshold (50-99 employees, partial coverage), applies to plant closings below federal threshold, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Tennessee _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** layoff notification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State law name:** TN Plant Closing Act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State threshold:** 50-99 (partial) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Federal threshold:** 100
- **Key differences:** lower threshold (50-99 employees, partial coverage), applies to plant closings below federal threshold _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** 60 days

## What the source says

> Tennessee | TN Plant Closing Act | 50-99 (partial) | 60 | No

## Source

- https://layoffcalculator.com/insights/state-mini-warn-guide

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-02-10.
Part of [State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds](https://referencesource.org/state-employment-law-headcount-triggers/).