Breaking News: Cole family raffle winners announced!
40-inch plasma TV: Mike Daniel, Employment Security Field Operations
Blu-ray player: Patrick Bleecker, Workforce Development
Digital camera: also Mike Daniel
 
Recent middle TN job fairs
well attended

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Annual Safety Congress returns to Opryland with increase in delegates

The 34th Annual Tennessee Safety & Health Congress was held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center from Sunday, July 31, through Wednesday, August 3. There were 789 delegates that attended this year’s conference, bringing the total number of attendees to 1,319.
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Immediate action can
save a life


Whether you do something or nothing can mean life or death, stressed Oscar Frederick when he conducted a First Aid CPR session.
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Annual veterans' training takes place in Chattanooga

Training for Veterans staff and managers focuses on generational differences. Governor Haslam drops in on the conference.
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Supervisors learn about EAP from Magellan rep

TDLWD staff hear from Magellan Healths Jonathan McElhaney how employees may benefit from EAP counseling services.
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Employee commendations

Recently receiving kudos were Stanford Gross and Daphne Freeman, North Main Memphis Career Center; Casey Griffin, Jackson Career Center; Charlotte Perry, Lawrenceburg Career Center; Ronald Lawson, Vanita Hindsley, and Daphne Pryor, Nashville Workers Comp; and Martha Wettemann and Kevin Hedges, Research & Statistics.
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Every employee has a story

 
 
Joanna Duke
Jackson interviewer Joanna Duke loves working with people – both fellow staff in the Jackson Career Center and clients whom she helps find jobs.
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Assistant Director for West Tennessee Mark Chandler introduces Governor Haslam, who took time to say a few words to the TDLWD Veterans’ Conference when he was also at the Convention Center for a Chattanooga Chamber meeting.
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Division Updates
Read Division Updates this month to learn about these headlines and more news from
all agency divisions:
Workforce Development Administrator Susan Cowden joins First Lady Crissy Haslam and Memphis officials to announce Comcast Internet Essentials program availability for low-income people in Memphis.
Employment Security The TRA staff has traveled many miles and worked numerous hours to deliver exceptional customer service to Goodyear workers.
Workers’ Compensation The division salutes the excellent customer service delivered by staff who are many times the first contact clients have with Workers’ Comp.
Comments or Suggestions? Contact newsletter editor Martha Deacon
martha.deacon@tn.gov
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