DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,736

A.JAFFE, INC.
INCLUDING REMOTE WORKERS AND TELEWORKERS REPORTING TO
7 WEST 45TH STREET, SUITE 1403-1404
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 June 21, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers
of A. Jaffe, Inc., 7 West 45th Street, Suite 1403-1404, New
York, New York (A. Jaffe). The subject workers are engaged in
employment related to the supply of finishing, setting and
polishing services.
The subject worker group includes remote workers (such
as workers working at affiliated service stores, repair shops,
and other "swing" space) and teleworkers reporting to either 7
West 45th Street, Suite 1403-1404, New York, New York or a
remote location (as described).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in A. Jaffe, Inc., 7 West
45th Street, Suite 1403-1404, New York, New York, 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 workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the finishing, setting and
polishing services supplied by the subject workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at A.
Jaffe, Inc., 7 West 45th Street, Suite 1403-1404, New York, New
York.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A. Jaffe, Inc., 7
West 45th Street, Suite 1403-1404, New York, New York, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of finishing,
setting and polishing 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 A. Jaffe, Inc., including remote workers
and teleworkers reporting to, 7 West 45th Street, Suite
1403-1404, New York, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 31,
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 19th day of July, 2012

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_____________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance