Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-1-502

(1) “Abusive conduct” means acts or omissions that would cause a reasonable person, based on the severity, nature, and frequency of the conduct, to believe that an employee was subject to an abusive work environment, such as:

(2) “Agency” means any department, commission, board, office or other agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government;

(3) “Employee” means an employee of any county, metropolitan government, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state;

(4) “Employer” means a private employer and a state or local governmental entity;

(5) “Harassment” means two (2) or more instances of contact serving no legitimate purpose directed at an employee, in connection with that person's status as an employee, that a reasonable person would consider alarming, threatening, intimidating, abusive, or emotionally distressing and that does or reasonably could interfere with the performance of the employee's duties; and

(6) “Instance of contact” means a direct communication or physical touching.