DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,301

OFFICE FURNITURE GROUP SHARED SERVICES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACTION INC. AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT INC.
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(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 September 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Office Furniture Group Shared Services, Jasper,
Indiana (Shared Services). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of wood office furniture.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Action,
Inc., and Personnel Management Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Shared Services
who are engaged in employment related to wood office furniture
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers in the workers firm have become totally
or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Shared
Services supplied services to Kimball Office, Borden, Indiana
that was used in support of production of wood office
furniture. Workers of Kimball Office, Borden, Indiana are
covered by certification number TA-W-70,556 issued based on
the increased imports of wood office furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Kimball Office, Borden, Indiana with respect to support
services supplied by Shared Services contributed importantly
to worker separations at Shared Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Office Furniture
Group Shared Services, including on-site leased workers from
Action, Inc. and Personnel Management Inc., Jasper, Indiana,
who are engaged in employment related to 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 Office Furniture Group Shared Services,
including on-site leased workers from Action, Inc. and
Personnel Management Inc., 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 20th day of October, 2009.


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