DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,459

ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
INTERMOUNTAIN STAFFING AND PEOPLE LINK
LOGAN, UTAH

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers at Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan, Utah
(IHF). The workers produce exercise equipment such as
treadmills, ellipticals, etc.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Intermountain Staffing and People Link.
The investigation revealed that workers of IHF who are
engaged in employment related to the production of exercise
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at the subject firm have been separated or
threatened with separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of exercise equipment produced by IHF have
decreased absolutely from 2007 to 2008 and from January
through April 2009 compared to the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the subject
firm increased its reliance on imported exercise equipment
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports of exercise equipment by IHF
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at IHF.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Icon Health &
Fitness, Inc., Logan, Utah, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of exercise equipment 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 Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Intermountain Staffing and People
Link, Logan, Utah, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the 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 10th day of September, 2009

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