50-2-203 - Commissioner to administer law.
50-2-203. Commissioner to administer law.
(a) The commissioner has the power and duty to carry out and administer this part, including the power to issue regulations, not inconsistent with the purpose of this part, that the commissioner considers necessary or appropriate to carry out this part.
(b) The commissioner is authorized to endeavor to eliminate pay practices unlawful under this part by informal methods of conference, conciliation and persuasion, and to supervise the payment of wages owing to any employee under this part.
[Acts 1974, ch. 757, § 3; T.C.A., § 50-322.]