DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,674

FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HARVARD RESOURCES
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

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 October 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Faurecia Automotive Seating, Inc., Auburn Hills,
Michigan. The workers are engaged in activities related to
production of automotive seats. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Harvard Resources.
The investigation revealed that workers of Faurecia
Automotive Seating, who are engaged in employment related to
production of automotive seating, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is a supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Faurecia Automotive Seating, Inc. with the firm that employed a
TAA-certified worker group contributed importantly to the
workers separations at the Auburn Hills, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia Automotive
Seating, Inc., Auburn Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to production of automotive seating meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Faurecia Automotive Seating, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Harvard Resources,
Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 20, 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 4th day of March, 2010

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