As used in this chapter, 'work':(1) Has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. § 251 et seq.); and(2) Does not include the time that an employee spends on: (A) Walking, riding, or traveling to and from the actual place of performance of the principal activity or activities that the employee is employed to perform;(B) Activities that are preliminary to or postliminary to the principal activity; or(C) Activities that require insubstantial or insignificant periods of time beyond the employee's scheduled working hours.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 623,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tennessee Legal Code