DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,294

KIMBALL OFFICE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPARTAN STAFFING
AND ACTION TEMP SERVICES
JASPER, 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 September 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kimball Office, Jasper, Indiana (Kimball Office).
The workers are engaged in employment related to the production
of wood office furniture. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Spartan Staffing and Action Temp Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kimball Office
who are engaged in employment related to the production of wood
office furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers at the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of wood office furniture by Kimball Office
have decreased in the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with wood office
furniture produced by Kimball Office have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of wood office furniture by customers of
Kimball Office contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Kimball Office,
Jasper, Indiana.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kimball Office,
Jasper, Indiana, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of wood 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, including on-site leased
workers from Spartan Staffing and Action Temp Services,
Jasper, Indiana, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 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 26th day of January, 2010


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