Workers' Comp Conference focuses on Baby Boomers in the workplace

More than 400 people attended the 14th Annual Workers’ Comp Conference on June 14 and 15 and were entertained as well as educated.
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TDLWD partnership in Memphis with Agape/Powerlines and Teach for America providing GED prep class

Pilot GED class is taught by Teach for America teachers and along with coursework stresses importance of parents’ involvement with their children’s education.
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Technology changes coming soon

 
TDLWD employees will see two changes soon – one that affects all of us and the other, mainly Nashville workers on the state telephone network.
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Job Fairs continue to draw crowds

The two latest job fairs have seen favorable turnouts of both employers who are actively hiring and applicants seeking work, a likely indication the economy is picking up.
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Guardsman Cookston member of historic mission
 
Chad Cookston, son of TDLWD's Gary and Gayle Cookston and a member of the 230th Sustainment Brigade of the Tennessee Army National Guard, took part recently in the historic mission of drawdown and withdrawal of British forces in Iraq.
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Career Coach on board with social networking

In order to promote the department’s new Career Coaches, we have hopped on board the social network train. You may now find updates on where the Coach will be located, photos, videos and other information by using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr.
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Fraud-Free Workplace presentation cited

When two National Association of State Workforce Agency (NASWA) representatives from Ohio were in Nashville recently visiting the U.I. Integrity unit, Nancy Hutson asked Ron Hammontree to explain to the NASWA visitors how Tennessee markets the Fraud-Free Workplace program to employers.
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Employee commendations
Recently receiving commendations were Shannon Bottoms and Robin Wright, Employment Security Central Office; Joyce Jordan, Appeals; Judith Jensen, UI Claims Center; Karen Woosley, Tullahoma Career Center; Wayne Simpson, Clarksville Career Center; Palace Humphreys-McCutchen, Nashville South Career Center; Jeannie Henderson and Andrea Taylor, Workers’ Comp; and Pat Kuhlman, Franklin Career Center.
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Every employee has a story

 
 
Michelle Davis
Michelle Davis, interviewer in the Elizabethton Career Center, gets tremendous satisfaction from helping clients, especially through the RESA program.
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The Career Coach recently visited the Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex in Nashville as part of a pilot project partnership between the state departments of Labor and Correction to combat inmate recidivism by bringing job resources to inmates before they are released.
 
 
Division updates
Read Division Updates this month to learn about these headlines and more news from all agency divisions:
  • TOSHA The 34th annual Tennessee Safety and Health Congress is coming up, July 31 - August 3, back at Gaylord Opryland Resort..
  • Adult Education Elizabeth Lofstead is serving an internship with Adult Education through a partnership with the Nashville Career Advancement Center

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