DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,160

KNOLL, INC.
WOOD FINISHING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO AND TAC WORLDWIDE
EAST GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 on behalf of workers of Knoll, Inc., Wood
Finishing Department, East Greenville, Pennsylvania (Knoll).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of office furniture.
The worker group consists of on-site leased workers from
Adecco and TAC Worldwide.
The investigation revealed that workers of Knoll who are
engaged in activities related to the production of office
furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm
during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of office
furniture to Canada by Knoll contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Knoll.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Knoll, Inc., Wood
Finishing Department, including on-site leased workers from
Adecco and TAC Worldwide, East Greenville, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of office
furniture meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Knoll, Inc., Wood Finishing Department,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco and TAC
Worldwide, East Greenville, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of October, 2009.

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