Business

Few employers in Tennessee are in compliance with a state rule requiring them to issue separation notices to all workers who become separated from their jobs for any reason, a report from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development revealed.

Workers should expect to receive the notices within 24 hours, said Tennessee Labor Commissioner Karla Davis.

The notices, she said, are often needed when applying for services like unemployment benefits and food stamps.

The Roane County Chamber of Commerce and the Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Roane State Community College are offering three free workshops for those who are considering or have recently started  their own business.  

All workshops will be from 1 to 3 p.m. in The Roane Alliance at 1209 N. Kentucky St., Kingston.
The first workshop, “Small Business Start-up,” will be on March 7.

It is designed for individuals who are considering self-employment or are at the beginning stages of starting a business.

Today’s “Out To Lunch” adventure was at Knoxville’s Tupelo Honey Café.

It’s at Market Square at Union and adjoins the Historic Oliver Hotel, built in 1876.

The fact this article is published the day after I spent a week in Tupelo, Miss., at the Furniture Market is coincidental.

The café’s name is a reference to the Tupelo honey used as a sweetener in many of its recipes. A bottle is on every table.

The Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit will return to its Oak Ridge origins the last week of May, with dates dependent on the schedules of anticipated speakers, including U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Cantor is among the senior decision-makers representing academia, government and industry from Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina who will convene in the New Hope Center at Oak Ridge’s Y-12 National Security Complex for the two-day meeting, said U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, summit host.