DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,908

KIMBALL OFFICE
A SUBSIDIARY OF KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
SALEM, 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 August 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Kimball Office,
a subsidiary of Kimball International, Salem, Indiana. The
workers are engaged in activities related to production of
wooden office furniture. The worker group included on-site
leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kimball Office,
who are engaged in employment related to production of wooden
office furniture, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
separated or threatened with separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wooden office furniture by Kimball Office
have decreased absolutely during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because reliance on
imports of articles like or directly competitive with wooden
office furniture produced by the Salem, Indiana facility has
increased during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased reliance on imports by the workers' firm contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Salem, Indiana
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kimball Office, a
subsidiary of Kimball International, Salem, Indiana, who are
engaged in employment related to production of wooden 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 Kimball Office, a subsidiary of Kimball
International, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Salem, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 30, 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 January, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance