NASHVILLE – The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) awarded the Tennessee Mine Safety Unit a grant of $140,000. The funds will be used to support health and safety training courses and programs designed to reduce mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses, Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for April is 6.3 percent, which is four tenths of one percentage point lower than the 6.7 percent March revised rate and equal to the national preliminary rate for April. The U.S. revised rate for March was also 6.7 percent.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for March is 6.7 percent, which is two tenths of one percentage point lower than the 6.9 percent February revised rate and equal to the national rate for March. The U.S. rate, at 6.7 percent, remains the same as it was in February.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is relocating its Tennessee Career Center services currently at 1295 Poplar Avenue in Memphis to 3040 Walnut Grove Road.
NASHVILLE – Yates Services, LLC, is looking for employees to fill long-term, full-time off shift positions at the Nissan Vehicle Manufacturing Plant in Smyrna.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced that BTL Industries, Inc. in Greeneville was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety.