DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,727

HABILIS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF OPTIMA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MONROE STAFFING SERVICES LLC AND
PHOTO TEMPS, INC. DBA BEST TEMPS
MILFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 18, 2010 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Habilis, Inc., a subsidiary of Optima, Inc.,
Milford, Connecticut (Habilis). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of polycarbonate optical
lenses for eyeglasses.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Monroe Staffing Services LLC and Photo Temps, Inc. dba Best
Temps.
The investigation revealed that workers of Habilis who are
engaged in activities related to the production of polycarbonate
optical lenses for eyeglasses meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers within the workers' firm have been
separated or threatened with worker separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
polycarbonate optical lenses for eyeglasses from China by
Habilis contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Habilis.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Habilis, Inc., a
subsidiary of Optima, Inc., Milford, Connecticut including on-
site leased workers from Monroe Staffing Services LLC and Photo
Temps, Inc. dba Best Temps, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of polycarbonate optical lenses for
eyeglasses 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 Habilis, Inc., a subsidiary of Optima,
Inc., Milford, Connecticut including on-site leased
workers from Monroe Staffing Services LLC and Photo Temps,
Inc. dba Best Temps, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 13, 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 22nd day of October, 2010


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