Workforce Solutions South Plains held its 18th Annual Employer Awards and Scholarship Luncheon this week to honor twelve businesses and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to communities in its 15-county service area.

The United Family was presented both the Large Employer of the Year award and the Service to Business award. Both of these awards qualify as Texas Workforce Commission nominations and have been sent to TWC to compete with businesses from the 28 other Workforce Solutions boards for the ultimate state award.

Goodwill Industries of Northwest Texas, Inc. was presented three state-nominated awards including Small Employer of the Year, Service to Community and Local Employer of Excellence.

Two other businesses were recognized as state nominees during the awards presentations. Plainview-based Motivation Education & Training Inc. (MET) was presented with the Service to Workers Award. The Lubbock office of Halliburton, Inc. was presented with the Industry Sector Outreach award for their leadership in the oil industry in West Texas.

Local awards were also given to: Hometown Pharmacy of Plainview, Pipeline Plastics of Levelland, Triple Nickle Inc. of Muleshoe, Kid’s Kingdom of Lubbock and Continental Dairy Facilities of Southwest LLC of Littlefield.    https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190712/workforce-solutions-honors-local-employers-at-annual-awards