DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,310

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
FORD PAYROLL SERVICES
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 27, 2006 and filed on behalf of workers at
Ford Motor Company, Ford Payroll Services, Dearborn, Michigan.
The subject facility is an accounting customer service payroll
center for the Ford Motor Company. The workers were engaged in
functions related to audit billings, travel expenses, respond to
phone calls and various other administrative functions.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and there must be a


relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
investigation revealed that although production of an article(s)
occurred within Ford Motor Company's U.S. production facilities,
the Ford Payroll Services, Dearborn, Michigan facility did not
support this production. Thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
The job functions of the Ford Payroll Services were shipped
abroad, but, as noted, these functions were not in support of
domestic production.
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 assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
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, I determine that all workers of Ford
Motor Company, Ford Payroll Services, Dearborn, Michigan are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment 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 15th day of November 2006.

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