Tennessee § 49-5-603 - Rights of professional employees.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-5-603 — Rights of professional employees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-5-603. Rights of professional employees.
Professional employees have the right to self-organization, to form, join or be assisted by organizations, to participate in collaborative conferencing with local boards of education through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of other mutual aid and benefit; provided, that professional employees also have the right to refrain from any or all such activities. Acts 2011, ch. 378, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 378, § 4 provided that nothing in the act shall be construed to abridge or impair a contract or agreement governing terms and conditions of professional service entered into by a board of education and a recognized professional employees' organization under the Education Professional Negotiations Act before June 1, 2011. Any such contract or agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the contract or agreement. Law Reviews. John Forrest Dillon Goes To School: Dillon's Rule In Tennessee Ten Years After Southern Constructors (Elijah Swiney), 79 Tenn. L. Rev. 103 (2011).
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