This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act (TLEA), which went into effect in January of 2012 and which the Tennessee Department of Labor has just recently begun to enforce. Under the TLEA, employers with more than six employees must either use E-Verify or make and retain copies of one of 11 specified documents. Private employers with 500 or more employees were required to comply with the TLEA as of January 1, 2012, and those with between 200 and 499 employees were required to comply as of July 1, 2012. Employers with between six and 199 employees must be in compliance by January 1, 2013. In determining the number of employees, an employer must count all of its employees, not just those that are physically in Tennessee.