DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,412

HTT, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM STAFFING ANSWERS
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 25, 2009 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of HTT, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Staffing Answers, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The workers
produce metal stamped parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of HTT, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staffing Answers,
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of metal stamped parts meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker 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.
Criterion II has been met because workers of HTT, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staffing Answers,
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, produced and sold metal stamped
parts to a firm that produced engines and is covered by an
active Trade Adjustment Assistance certification. The metal
stamped parts are incorporated into the engines.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by HTT, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Staffing
Answers, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, with the TAA-certified
firm, with respect to metal stamped parts sold to the TAA-
certified firm, contributed importantly to worker separations
at HTT, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Staffing
Answers, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HTT, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Staffing Answers, Sheboygan Falls,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of stamped metal parts 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 HTT, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Staffing Answers, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 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 10th day of December, 2009.


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