Tennessee Code Title 8. Public Officers and Employees § 8-23-201

(A) Officially designated or auxiliary court reporters;

(B) Qualified interpreters of the deaf;

(C) When such officer's or employee's total annual income, including overtime payment, derived from the primary employment is less than eight thousand dollars ($8,000), that officer or employee may hold a part-time position that requires no more than four (4) hours of active duty per working day; or

(D) As herein provided.

(2)(A) This does not, however, prevent payment of compensation to state employees for hours worked in excess of the normal work week when such extra work is performed at the direction of the supervising department or agency head, authorized in advance by the commissioner of human resources and approved in advance by the commissioner of finance and administration. Neither this additional compensation nor compensatory time shall be available to the following persons:

(B) Compensation to other state employees, including those compensated under the doctors and dentists pay plan, for hours worked in excess of the normal work week shall only be provided under policies prepared by the commissioner of human resources and the commissioner of finance and administration and in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the attorney general and reporter.