DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,723

OFS BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.
HUNTINGBURG, INDIANA

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 29, 2009, on behalf of workers of OFS Brands
Holdings, Inc., Huntingburg, Indiana (OFS Brands Holdings).
The workers produce office furniture. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of OFS Brands
Holdings, who are engaged in employment related to office
furniture, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at OFS Brands Holdings was
totally or partially separated, or threatened with separation,
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of office furniture by OFS Brands Holdings have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with office furniture
produced by OFS Brands Holdings have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of office furniture by customers of OFS
Brands Holdings contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at OFS Brands
Holdings.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of OFS Brands Holdings,
Inc., Huntingburg, Indiana, who are engaged in employment
related to 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 OFS Brands Holdings, Inc., Huntingburg,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 24, 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 8th day of December, 2009

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance