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Tennessee New Unemployment Claims Filed for the week ending on April 11, 2020

NASHVILLE – New data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows unemployment rates improve in many counties during February 2020. The lagging statistic reflects the employment situation before the COVID-19 health emergency starts to take an unprecedented toll on the economy.

Regional Unemployment Claims for the week ending in March 28, 2020

NASHVILLE – Unemployment rates are a lagging measure and for the month of February remained relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate for February 2020 experienced a slight increase according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

NASHVILLE – New data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows unemployment increases in nearly all of Tennessee’s 95 counties in January 2020.

Tennessee’s statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2020 is 3.3%, according to new data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

NASHVILLE – The state of Tennessee ended 2019 with steady unemployment that continued to sit near record low levels, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) marks a century of progress at its annual educational conference in Murfreesboro which begins Wednesday, June 12. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the first workers’ compensation bill in Tennessee, BWC will host a gala at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro.

Abbie Hudgens, Administrator for the Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation, announces today that the rules for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Bureau of Workers' Compensation will no longer be construed to limit the amounts air ambulance services can recover.

NASHVILLE - Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens has been named president of a prestigious national association. Members of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) recently elected their 2018 – 2019 board of directors and welcomed Hudgens as the board’s new president.

NASHVILLE - A national association recently honored the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s Chief Judge with its Leadership and Service Award for his role in creating and hosting the first New Judges’ Boot Camp in Nashville earlier this year.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is warning Tennesseans of a scam in which victims are contacted via Facebook messenger and then asked to wire funds in order to receive money from a federal workers’ compensation program.