DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,997

EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS
WORKING ON-SITE AT
WATER PIK, INC.
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

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, 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.
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 in response to a petition
received on February 22, 2007, and filed by a company official on
behalf of leased workers of Employment Solutions, working on-site
at Water Pik, Inc., Personal Health Care Products, Fort Collins,
Colorado (TAA certified, TA-W-59,535). The workers of Employment
Solutions, Fort Collins, Colorado, were engaged in support
activities related to the production of water treatment filters and
shower heads at Water Pik, Inc., Personal Health Care Products,
Loveland, Colorado, a facility under an existing Trade Adjustment
Assistance certification (TA-W-58,831).
The investigation revealed that the Water Pick, Inc., shifted
production of water treatment filters and shower heads to China and
that the articles produced there were subsequently imported into
the United States contributing to the layoffs of the subject worker
group.
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 the workers were in support of a
facility certified for TAA on the basis of a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Employment Solutions, Fort Collins, Colorado,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 21, 2006, 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 in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of March 2007.



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