(a) As used in this section, “workshops and factories” includes manufacturing, mills, mechanical, electrical, mercantile, art, and laundering establishments, printing, telegraph, and telephone offices, department stores, or any kind of establishment where labor is employed or machinery is used; provided, that domestic service and agricultural pursuits are excluded.
Attorney's Note
Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-2-101
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) It is unlawful for any proprietor, foreman, owner or other person to employ, permit or suffer to work for hire, in, about, or in connection with any workshop or factory any person whatsoever without first informing the employee of the amount of wages to be paid for the labor. This shall not apply to farm labor. Nothing in this section shall apply to railroad companies engaged in interstate commerce and subject to the federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.).(c)(1) The failure on the part of any proprietor, foreman, owner or other person in charge of any industry named in subsection (a) to inform any employee of the wages to be paid as provided in this section is a Class C misdemeanor.(2) Nothing in this section shall be so construed to preclude the employment of any person or persons on a piece-work basis or on a commission basis.(d) The department of labor and workforce development shall enforce this section.
