DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,224

AKZO NOBEL COATING INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDARIY OF AKZO NOBEL N.V.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND RANDSTAD WORK SOLUTIONS
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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 September 4, 2009, on behalf of workers of Akzo Nobel
Coatings, Inc., a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel N.V., High Point,
North Carolina. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Adecco Employment Services and Randstad Work
Solutions. The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production coating for wood products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Akzo Nobel
Coatings, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of coating for wood products, meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Akzo Nobel
Coatings, Inc. produced and sold coating for wood products to
firms that employed worker groups that are covered by active
certifications to be incorporated into furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., with respect to the TAA-certified
firms contributed importantly to the worker separations at the
High Point, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Akzo Nobel Coatings,
Inc., a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel N.V., including on-site leased
workers of Adecco Employment Services and Randstad Work
Solutions, High Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of coating for wood
products 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 Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., a subsidiary of
Akzo Nobel N.V., including on-site leased workers of
Adecco Employment Services and Randstad Work Solutions,
High Point, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 14, 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 6th day of January 2010


/s/ Michael Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance