DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,648

FISHER AND PAYKEL LAUNDRY MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF WESTAFF,
KELLY SERVICES, AND AEROTEK
CLYDE, OHIO

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.


III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 22, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fisher and Paykel Laundry Manufacturing,, Inc.,
Clyde, Ohio (Fisher and Paykel). The workers produce home
appliances. The worker group included on-site leased workers
from Westaff, Kelly Services, and Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fisher and
Paykel, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of home appliances, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Fisher and Paykel was totally or
partially separated, or threatened with separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by Fisher and Paykel to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the home appliances
produced by the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Thailand contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Fisher and Paykel, Clyde, Ohio.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fisher and Paykel
Laundry Manufacturing,, Inc., Clyde, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of home appliances, 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 Fisher and Paykel Laundry Manufacturing,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Westaff, Kelly
Services and Aerotek, Clyde, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 12,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 23rd day of December, 2009

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