NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that Baldor Dodge Reliance in Rogersville was chosen to receive the Commissioner’s Award for workplace safety.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January 2007 was released last week at 4.8 percent, 0.1 percent lower than the December rate of 4.9 percent. The United States unemployment rate for the month of January was 4.6 percent.
NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that the Customer Commitment Center of International Paper in Memphis was chosen to receive the Volunteer STAR (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) award.
NASHVILLE - Tennessee’s unemployment rate for the month of January is 4.8 percent, down from the seasonally adjusted December 2006 rate of 4.9 percent, Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today. In 2006, Tennessee’s unemployment rate for the month of January was 5.2 percent. The national unemployment rate for January is 4.6 percent, up from the December rate of 4.5 percent.
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) announces a targeting initiative to reduce sharps injuries in the healthcare industry. Nationwide the CDC estimates that each year 385,000 needle sticks and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by hospital-based healthcare personnel, an average of 1,000 sharps injuries per day. In 2005, Tennessee healthcare workers sustained approximately 3,000 sharps injuries in hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers.
NASHVILLE - Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that JOSEPH Construction Co., Inc., in Knoxville was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety for 2005-2006.
NASHVILLE — An exciting new program is coming to your area! The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development is proud to announce Sharing How Access to Resources Empowers (SHARE) Network, a program that will help expand access to workforce development services. Through the SHARE Network, job seekers and their families will discover a wide range of excellent support services offered by faith and community-based organizations, government agencies and non-profit organizations.
NASHVILLE – In 2004 the Workers’ Compensation Penalty Program was created in response to the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act. Since the inception of the Penalty Program the division has collected close to $300,000 in penalties from insurance carriers and employers who are not abiding by the new laws. The most common penalty is for late payment of benefits.
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) has completed its investigation of an August 3, 2006, fatal workplace accident at a chemical manufacturing company located at 411 Manufacturers Road in Dayton, TN. The report cites Fuji Hunt Photographic Chemicals, Inc., with 13 serious citations, with proposed penalties totaling $91,000. The following are the areas cited:
