Laid-Off/Rapid Response
The State Rapid Response Team serves companies facing corporate restructuring and downsizing. The Rapid Response Team is a cooperative effort between the local Career Center the Tennessee Dept. of Labor and the Unemployment Insurance Program. The services available are designed to benefit employers and employees through the provision of information about the Dislocated Worker Program and other useful information and assistance with employment related needs. The Federal web site is at: http://www.doleta.gov/layoff/
Employer Services Include:
- Job Placement Assistance
- On-site Layoff Transition Workshops.
- Information on the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act summarized below.
- Information on establishing an on-site career (outplacement) center to assist affected employees with their future employment needs.
- Information provided to employees, which should help to minimize the emotional effects of a layoff and therefore improve morale and production.
- Information on services available to employees, which can help reduce employee attrition prior to the defined layoff date.
- Information about the Trade Adjustment Asssistance/North American Free Trade Agreement(TAA/NAFTA) Programs-is your layoff due to foreign import competition or relocation of production off shore? If so your employees may be eligible for additional retraining benefits.
- Information about unemployment insurance benefits.
Local Contact
Elaine Newcomb
Tennessee Career Centers
119 Nashville Hwy. Suite 106
Columbia, TN 38401
(931) 490-3801
Joe Beard
Tennessee Career Centers
702 Mahr Avenue
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
(931) 762-8705
Dislocated Worker Unit
Rapid Response Team
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37245-2900
(615) 741-1031
Toll Free 1-800-255-5872
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