DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,691

BAUHAUS USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LA-Z-BOY, INC.
SHERMAN, MISSISSIPPI

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), as amended, 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 16, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bauhaus USA, Inc., a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy, Inc.,
Sherman, Mississippi. Workers at the subject firm manufacture
upholstered furniture.
Workers at the subject firm were previously certified for
trade adjustment assistance under petition, TA-W-60,208. This
certification expired on November 14, 2008.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the facility will decline absolutely in February 2009.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
upholstered furniture in 2006, 2007, January through November 2007
and January through November 2008. The surveys revealed increased
imports of upholstered furniture during the period under
investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstered furniture produced by
Bauhaus USA, Inc., a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy, Inc., Sherman,
Mississippi, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Bauhaus USA, Inc., a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy,
Inc., Sherman, Mississippi, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 15, 2008,
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 30th day of January 2009

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