DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,798

LEICA GEOSYSTEMS GRR, LLC
A DIVISION OF LEICA GEOSYSTEMS, INC.
GRAND RAPIDS, 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 on January 22, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by the company official on behalf of
workers at Leica Geosystems GRR, LLC, a division of Leica
Geosystems, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workers performed
various R&D activities, including designing products.
The investigation revealed that Leica Geosystems GRR, LLC, a
division of Leica Geosystems, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, does
not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of
the Act. 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, or
has produced an article domestically within the last year, and
there must be a relationship between the workers' work and the
article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision.
The research and development (R&D) workers described above do not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not be considered import
impacted or affected by a shift in production of an article.
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 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Leica Geosystems
GRR, LLC, a division of Leica Geosystems, Inc., Grand Rapids,
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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of March, 2007


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance