DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,279

HL OPERATING, LLC FORMERLY KNOWN AS
HL OPERATING CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SAMSONITE LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH SAMSONITE LLC
LEBANON, TENNESSEE

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 19, 2012 on behalf of workers of HL Operating,
LLC formerly known as HL Operating Corporation, a subsidiary of
Samsonite LLC, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
including workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were
reported through Samsonite LLC, Lebanon, Tennessee (HL Operating).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of luggage and other travel goods.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of luggage and other travel goods by HL Operating have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company imports
of articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by HL Operating have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at HL Operating.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HL Operating
Corporation, a subsidiary of Samsonite LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Samsonite LLC, Lebanon,
Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of luggage and other travel goods 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 HL Operating Corporation, a subsidiary of
Samsonite LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, including workers whose unemployment insurance (UI)
wages were reported through Samsonite LLC, Lebanon,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 6, 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 18th day of January, 2013.

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