DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,487

THE PERSONNEL CENTER INCORPORATED
WORKERS ON-SITE AT PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE
A SUBSIDIARY OF LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

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 May 10, 2007 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of The Personnel Center
Incorporated, working on-site at Pennsylvania House, A subsidiary
of La-Z-Boy Incorporated, High Point, North Carolina, performing
activities in support of furniture wholesale. Such work involved
the setup and inspection of furniture at a display center typically
two weeks out of a year.
The Personnel Center Incorporated, 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 and there must be a relationship between the workers' work
and the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The workers described above do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically and
thus the worker group cannot 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 The Personnel Center
Incorporated, working on-site at Pennsylvania House, A subsidiary
of La-z-boy Incorporated, High Point, North Carolina, 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 30th day of May 2007


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance