Unemployment After Being Fired in Tennessee

You are disqualified if you were fired from your most recent work for misconduct connected with the work. Misconduct includes conscious disregard of the employer's rights or interests; deliberate violation of reasonable standards of behavior; carelessness or negligence serious or repeated enough to show intentional or substantial disregard of the employer's interests; deliberate disregard of a written attendance policy when the firing follows that policy; and violating an employer rule, unless you show you could not reasonably have known the rule or the rule is unlawful or unrelated to the job. Certain job-related dishonesty and crimes also count. Misconduct does not include poor performance due to inability, ordinary negligence in isolated instances, or good-faith errors in judgment. The disqualification lasts until you work again in covered employment and earn ten times your weekly benefit amount.

You must file an appeal within 15 calendar days of the date of the agency's decision. File online by logging in to your Unemployment Claimant e-Services account at Jobs4TN.gov, selecting the determination and clicking File Appeal. An appeals hearing officer takes testimony and evidence and decides based only on what is presented at the hearing. A party who disagrees with the hearing officer's decision can appeal to the Office of Administrative Review, also within 15 calendar days.