DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,517

LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT IT GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM YASH AND PROZGROUP
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI)
WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH
FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 19, 2012 on behalf of workers of Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc., Technical Support IT Group, Tupelo,
Mississippi. The worker group, herein known as Lane Furniture
Industries, also consists of on-site leased workers from Yash
and Prozgroup and of workers whose unemployment insurance (UI)
wages were reported through Furniture Brands International.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
supply of IT support services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Lane
Furniture Industries.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc., Technical Support IT Group, including on-
site leased workers from Yash and Prozgroup, including workers
whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Furniture Brands International, Tupelo, Mississippi, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of IT support
services 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 Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Technical Support IT Group, including on-site leased
workers from Yash and Prozgroup, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Furniture Brands International, Tupelo, Mississippi, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 4, 2011, 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 4th day of May, 2012.


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