DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,817

HILL'S FAMILY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
REMX TEMPORARY AGENCY
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

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 June 1, 2009 by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers of Hill's Family Corporation, Anaheim, California
(Hill's Family Corporation). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of women's clothing such
as tops, pants, and skirts. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products produced. The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers from RemX Temporary Agency.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hill's Family
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from RemX
Temporary Agency, Anaheim, California who were engaged in
employment related to women's clothing such as tops, pants, and
skirts, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the workers' firm have
been separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of women's clothing such as tops, pants, and
skirts by Hill's Family Corporation have decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with women's clothing
such as tops, pants, and skirts by Hill's Family Corporation
have increased. Specifically, aggregate United States (U.S.)
imports to U.S. shipments ratio increased during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased aggregate United States imports of women's and
girl's tops (blouses, shirts, and sweaters) and women's and
girl's skirts like or directly competitive with articles
produced by the workers' firm contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Hill's Family Corporation
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hill's Family
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from RemX
Temporary Agency, Anaheim, California, who were engaged in
activities related to women's clothing such as tops, pants, and
skirts 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 Hill's Family Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from RemX Temporary Agency, Anaheim,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 28, 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 13th day of October, 2009


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