Tennessee
For Tennessee, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 5 or more; key differences is Owners must also cover themselves unless they request an exemption. (Construction and coal mining have stricter rules.); coverage / scope is Includes all employees, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- Tennessee verified
- Law category
- workers compensation our reading
- State threshold
- 5 or more verified
- Key differences
- Owners must also cover themselves unless they request an exemption. (Construction and coal mining have stricter rules.) verified
- Coverage / scope
- Includes all employees. verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Tennessee | 5 or more | Includes all employees. | Owners must also cover themselves unless they request an exemption. (Construction and coal mining have stricter rules.)
— workcompone.com, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- workcompone.comhttps://www.workcompone.com/blog/minimum-number-of-employees-for-workers-comp-in-every-u-s-state/