DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,169

FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES, INC.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA

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 on October 6, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fisher and Paykel Appliances, Inc., Huntington Beach,
California. The workers are engaged in activities such as finance,
accounting, administrative support, customer and technical service,
and sales in support of an affiliated facility that manufactures
major home appliances.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Huntington
Beach facility declined in January through October 2008 compared
with the same period in 2007.
Workers at the subject firm provide support services to a
subsidiary facility, Dynamic Cooking Systems, Inc., Huntington
Beach, California, which was certified eligible for adjustment
assistance on October 10, 2008 based on a shift of production to
Mexico. Workers at the Huntington Beach facility are thus also
adversely affected.
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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Inc., Huntington
Beach, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 2, 2007 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
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of October 2008

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