• DTR - Midway Receives Commissioner's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:56pm

    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.

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  • BASF Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:53pm

    NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that BASF was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health. The company has two locations in Chattanooga, one on Polymer Drive and the other on Lost Mound Drive. Both are being recognized with awards.

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  • GECAS Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:51pm

    NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) located in Memphis, Tennessee, was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

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  • Snap-On Tools Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:49pm

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

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  • URS Corporation Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 | 01:09pm

    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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  • TRUmh Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, 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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  • US Zinc Company Receives Governor's Award of Excellence

    Thursday, 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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  • Tennessee's Unemployment Rate for June Increased to 6.6%

    Thursday, 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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  • May 2014 County Unemployment Rates

    Thursday, 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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  • Tennessee's Unemployment Rate for May Increases Slightly

    Thursday, 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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