Tennessee § 50-1-303 - Employees required to leave premises upon ceasing work — Penalty.

§ 50-1-303. Employees required to leave premises upon ceasing work — Penalty.

In all cases where an employee or employees ceases work for any employer, whether the severance is voluntary on the part of the employee or whether the employee is lawfully discharged, the employee or employees shall within a reasonable time thereafter withdraw from the premises of the employer in which they were employed. In the absence of other circumstances, twelve (12) hours from the date of the cessation of employment shall be a reasonable time. Any employee or employees failing and refusing to withdraw from the premises of the employer after the termination of employment commits a Class C misdemeanor. Acts 1937, ch. 160, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 11366.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-213; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113. Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 . Law Reviews. Labor Law — Wildcat Strikes in Violation of the Wartime No-Strike Pledge, 18 Tenn. L. Rev. 630 (1944).