DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,748

HIGHLANDS DIVERSIFIED SERVICES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF CBS TEMPORARY SERVICE
LONDON, KENTUCKY

Certification 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 19, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Highlands Diversified Services, Inc., London, Kentucky. Workers at
the subject firm manufacture refrigeration components such as
frigidaire motor augers, buckets and icemakers. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The subject firm also leased workers from CBS Temporary
Service.
The investigation revealed that there is a threat of
employment decline at the subject firm.
The investigation further revealed that Highlands Diversified
Services, Inc., London, Kentucky, supplied component parts for
refrigerators, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
are supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In accordance with Section 246 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.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Highlands Diversified
Services, Inc., London, Kentucky qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Highlands Diversified Services, Inc., London,
Kentucky, including on-site leased workers from CBS Temporary
Service, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 18, 2005 through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of August 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance