DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,136

MANPOWER, INC.
ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS AT
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
CORVALLIS, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on May 9, 2005, in response
to a petition filed by the TAA Coordinator of the State of Oregon
on behalf of workers at Manpower, Inc., that are on-site leased
workers at Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis, Oregon. The workers
monitored printer banks for engineers.
The workers of Manpower, Inc. are working on-site at Hewlett
Packard, Corvallis, Oregon, whose workers have been certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TA-W-56,696).
That certification included leased workers of Chimes, Inc.
working on-site at Hewlett Packard plant in Corvallis, Oregon.




In determining leased worker eligibility for adjustment
assistance, the Department must first determine if a contract is
in place. Leased workers may be certified if there is a valid
contract for their services directly with a firm whose workers
are trade affected. That condition is not present for Manpower,
Inc. The Manpower Inc. contract was exclusively with Chimes, not
the producing firm.
In accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers at the Manpower, Inc. are working on-
site at Hewlett Packard, Corvallis,
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Manpower, Inc.,
working on-site at Hewlett Packard, Corvallis, Oregon, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjust assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 24th day of June, 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance