NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that URS Corporation located in Memphis, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.
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Read full storyThursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:09pm
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Read full storyThursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:08pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that TRUmh located in White Pine, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.
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Read full storyThursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:06pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that US Zinc located in Millington, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.
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Read full storyMonday, July 21, 2014 | 02:02pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is offering a new service, via the department’s three “Career Coach” vehicles, to Tennesseans lacking a high school diploma. The mobile Career Centers have become certified testing sites for the new High School Equivalency Test (HiSET).
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Read full storyThursday, July 17, 2014 | 02:08pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is offering a new service, via the department’s three “Career Coach” vehicles, to Tennesseans lacking a high school diploma. The mobile Career Centers have become certified testing sites for the new High School Equivalency Test (HiSET).
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Read full storyThursday, June 26, 2014 | 02:10pm
NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for May 2014, released today, show the rate decreased in five counties, increased in 88, and remained the same in two.
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Read full storyTuesday, June 24, 2014 | 03:07pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that Delta Air Lines Technical Operations in Memphis was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) Award.
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Read full storyThursday, June 19, 2014 | 03:09pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for May is 6.4%, a tenth of one percentage point higher than the 6.3% April revised rate. The U.S. preliminary rate for May is 6.3%, same as the U.S. April revised rate.
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Read full storySaturday, May 31, 2014 | 04:23pm
Awaiting his turn on a zip line, Nathan Newell looked toward the treetops and admitted he was no Tarzan.
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Read full storyThursday, May 22, 2014 | 03:12pm
NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for April 2014, released today, show the rate decreased in all 95 counties.
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Read full storyWednesday, May 21, 2014 | 03:14pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is taking its Career Center services on the road to more than 30 Tennessee counties this spring and summer via the department’s three “Career Coaches.”
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Read full storyMonday, May 19, 2014 | 03:17pm
NASHVILLE – The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) awarded the Tennessee Mine Safety Unit a grant of $140,000. The funds will be used to support health and safety training courses and programs designed to reduce mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses, Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced.
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Read full storyThursday, May 15, 2014 | 03:20pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for April is 6.3 percent, which is four tenths of one percentage point lower than the 6.7 percent March revised rate and equal to the national preliminary rate for April. The U.S. revised rate for March was also 6.7 percent.
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Read full storyThursday, April 17, 2014 | 03:24pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for March is 6.7 percent, which is two tenths of one percentage point lower than the 6.9 percent February revised rate and equal to the national rate for March. The U.S. rate, at 6.7 percent, remains the same as it was in February.