DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,915

LAY-Z-BOY
SIOLAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

TA-W-74,915A

ADVANTAGE STAFFING
WORKING ON-SITE AT LAY-Z-BOY
SIOLAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

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 November 23, 2010 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Lay-Z-Boy, Siolam Springs, Arkansas (TA-W-
74,915). The workers are engaged in activities related to
production of upholstered furniture. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Advantage Staffing (TA-W-74,915A).
Workers of Lay-Z-Boy, Siolam Springs, Arkansas (TA-W-
74,915) are covered by certification TA-W-64,527 that expires
on December 29, 2010. That certification does not include the
on-site leased workers from Advantage Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Lay-Z-Boy, who
are engaged in activities related to production of upholstered
furniture, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers at Lay-Z-Boy have become totally or partially
separated or are threatened with total or partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Lay-Z-Boy to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the upholstered
furniture produced by Lay-Z-Boy.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Siolam Springs, Arkansas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lay-Z-Boy, Arkansas,
Siolam Springs, Arkansas (TA-W-74,915) and Advantage Staffing,
working on-site at Lay-Z-Boy, Arkansas, Siolam Springs,
Arkansas (TA-W-74,915A), who are engaged in activities related
to production of upholstered 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 Lay-Z-Boy, Arkansas, Siolam Springs,
Arkansas (TA-W-74,915), who become totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 30, 2010,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on December 30, 2010 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.
AND
All leased workers of Advantage Staffing, working on-site
at Lay-Z-Boy, Arkansas, Siolam Springs, Arkansas (TA-W-
74,915A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 22, 2009, 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 16th day of December, 2010



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