Does Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Yes! This call center operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.The least busy day is Saturday, and the most busy day is Tuesday.Schedule a call when it's convenient for you.
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How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 12 minutes.The longest hold times are on Friday, and the shortest are on Monday.You can skip the hold time for free.
How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
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Below are some clips we've found from Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's phone menus and tips that help give an idea of what you will encounter when you call. We've highlighted why they are important as well:
Heard when the phone system first answers
"Thank you for calling the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
This call may be recorded for monitoring purposes.
Please listen carefully to the following three options.
For assistance with your unemployment claim or for questions about your unemployment benefits, please press one.
For help with employer unemployment taxes, such as quarterly taxes, tax rates, and employer account numbers, please press two."
Excerpt from a call with Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Friday, January 12, 2024 7:23 PM
The first phone menu
"Thank you for calling the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
This call may be recorded for monitoring purposes.
Thank you for calling the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Please listen carefully to the following three options For questions regarding your unemployment claim, press one.
For assistance with your employer account such as quarterly reports, tax rates, and employer account numbers, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Monday, June 9, 2025 4:46 PM
After you press 1
"Thank you for calling the due to call volume, please be advised claim agents cannot return voice mail requests at this time.
For assistance filing your claim, press one.
For help completing your weekly certification, press two."
Excerpt from a call with Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Friday, January 12, 2024 7:23 PM
What are the hours and when should I call?
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development operates the call center for this 877-813-0950 phone number 24 hours, 7 days.The short answer is that you should call on a Thursday.This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 130 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
Call when they- and you- are open
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, you can also schedule the call with Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development at a time when they are open and when it works for you. We will confirm you are ready before placing the call, just in case. That means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is Saturday.The most busy day to call is Tuesday, which averages 560% more phone calls by comparison.Again, this is based on a sample of 130 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
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The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Monday.The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Friday.
The best time to call Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
In summation, the best day to call Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development is Thursday.
Why Customers Call Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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More Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Customer Service Contacts
There are of course other ways to contact Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Customer Service Live Chat
Click "Chat with us" in the lower right hand corner
If phone-based customer service is not available, or the wait times are long, many people prefer chat as a next-best option. Some even prefer it to calling on the phone. Luckily, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development provides this option.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Customer Email Addresses
Corresponding with a customer service department by email may not be your first choice, especially if your issue is urgent or time-sensitive. But email is a nearly ubiquitous form of communication, and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development will reply our your email.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Customer Help Desk / Web Support
As a last, sometimes only, resort- Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development agent. This phone number is Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's best phone number because 24 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 877-813-0950 include Eligibility question, Claims, Collecting benefits, Missed payments, File application and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or email or web or chat. In total, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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