DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,668

OPTICAL SUPPLY, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
ESSILOR LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES, GILL STAFFING, AND FORCE STAFFING
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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 18, 2013 on behalf of workers of Optical Supply,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Essilor Laboratories of
America, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of prescription
eyeglasses. Specifically, the workers provide coating, edging,
and surfacing of prescription eyeglasses. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Gill
Staffing, and Force Staffing.
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 workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Optical Supply.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Optical Supply, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Essilor Laboratories of America,
Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan who are engaged in activities
related to the production of prescription 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 Optical Supply, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Gill
Staffing, and Force Staffing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 16, 2012 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 14th day of June, 2013.


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