DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,598

CHECKPOINT CARIBBEAN LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASE WORKERS OF
BRAINS AT WORK, PERSONNEL RECRUTING SERVICES
AND CARIBBEAN TEMPORARY SERVICES
PONCE, PUERTO RICO

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), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 14, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Checkpoint Caribbean Limited, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The
workers at the subject firm produced electronic sensors. The
workers are separately identifiable from other product(s)
produced at the subject location.
The subject firm experienced employment declines during the
relevant priod.
The subject firm recently shifted plant production of
electronic sensors to the Dominican Republic, a country that is
beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act with the United States.
The investigation revealed that Checkpoint Caribbean Limited
leased workers from Brains at Work, Personnel Recruiting Services
and Caribbean Temporary Services to work on-site at Checkpoint
Caribbean Limited, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The workers were engaged
activities related to the production of electronic sensors.
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.
In addition, 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Dominican Republic of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Checkpoint Caribbean Limited, Ponce, Puerto
Rico including on-site leased workers of Brains at Work,
Personnel Recruiting Services and Caribbean Temporary
Services engaged in the production of electronic sensors who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 13, 2005, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of January 2007.


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