DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,180

PANASONIC HOME APPLIANCES COMPANY OF AMERICA
A DIVISION OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
NESCO RESOURCE AND AEROTEK, INC.
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY

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. (Set forth in 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 June 3, 2010 on behalf of workers of Panasonic Home
Appliances Company of America, a Division of Panasonic
Corporation of North America, Danville, Kentucky (Panasonic Home
Appliances Company of America). Of note, the petition was
signed on March 26, 2010 and postmarked on May 24, 2010. The
regulations require that the date on the petition be no more
than 30 days prior to the date of filing. Therefore, to
establish the impact date, the Department of Labor is
subtracting 30 days from the May 24, 2010 date to establish the
petition date as April 24, 2010. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of vacuum component parts.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product. The
worker group also includes on-site leased workers from Nesco
Resource and Aerotek, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Panasonic Home
Appliances Company of America who are engaged in activities
related to the production of vacuum component parts meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Mexico the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the vacuum component parts provided
by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of vacuum component parts to Mexico by Panasonic Home
Appliances Company of America has contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Panasonic Home
Appliances Company of America, a Division of Panasonic
Corporation of North America, including on-site leased workers
from Nesco Resource and Aerotek, Inc., Danville, Kentucky, who
are engaged in employment related to production of vacuum
component parts, 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 Panasonic Home Appliances Company of
America, a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North
America, including on-site leased workers from Nesco
Resource and Aerotek, Inc., Danville, Kentucky, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 24, 2009, 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 19th day of August, 2010

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