Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-1704

  • Candidate: means any person, whether employed or unemployed, seeking or entering into any arrangement for employment or change of employment through the services of an employment agency. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
  • Employer: means any person who engages or seeks to engage candidates for employment. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
  • Employment agency: means any person who, for a fee paid by a candidate or other compensation provided by a candidate:
    (A) Places or attempts to place candidates seeking employment where the fee is not paid by the employer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702
  • Fee: means anything of value paid or directed to be paid for the services of an employment agency. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1702

If a candidate accepts candidate-paid fee employment and is terminated by the employer through no cause of the candidate within four (4) weeks after beginning work, the employment agency shall, within thirty (30) days, refund any fee paid by the candidate. During such thirty (30) days, the employment agency shall, if requested, attempt to place the candidate in similar employment.