NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. located in Maryville, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that DTR Tennessee located in Midway, was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that DTR Tennessee located in Tazewell, was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that La-Z-Boy, Inc. located in Dayton, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that NEMAK, TN located in Dickson, was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for June 2015, released today, show the rates increased in 94 counties and decreased in one county.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee American Job Center Jackson, Hardeman County Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Bolivar are announcing the Hardeman County Hiring Event. The event will be held on Thursday, July 23, at 9:00 a.m. (CDT) at the City of Bolivar Municipal Center located at 211 North Washington Street. A variety of job opportunities with all levels of skill requirements will be available at this event.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that Manufacturing Sciences located in Oak Ridge was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for June was 5.7 percent, one-tenth of one percentage point lower than the May revised rate of 5.8 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for June was 5.3 percent, two-tenths of one percentage point lower than the prior month.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that Flash Technology located in Franklin was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration is putting into place a 60-day temporary enforcement policy of its Confined Spaces in Construction standard, which becomes effective August 3, 2015. TOSHA is postponing full enforcement of the new standard until October 2, 2015 in response to requests for additional time to train and acquire the equipment necessary to comply with the new standard.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) has teamed up with the Oak Ridge Business Safety Partnership (ORBSP), along with dozens of other organizations, to host the 4th annual Safety Fest TN. This year’s event will be held in Oak Ridge from Monday, September 14 - Friday, September 18, and will feature experts leading more than 40 free classes, seminars, demonstrations, and a safety expo with 40 exhibitors from a wide variety of organizations.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is relocating its Tennessee American Job Center in Talbott. Currently located at 6057 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Suite 6A the Job Center is moving to 215 South Liberty Hill Road, Morristown, TN 37813.

NASHVILLE – County unemployment rates for May 2015, released today, show the rates increased in 92 counties, decreased in one county and remained the same in two.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for May was 5.8 percent, two-tenths of one percentage point lower than the April revised rate of 6.0 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for May was 5.5 percent, one-tenth of one percentage point higher than the prior month.