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TAW-83100  /  Oakley Manufacturing (Foothill Ranch, CA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/19/2012
Filed Date: 09/20/2013
Most Recent Update: 12/12/2013
Determination Date: 12/12/2013
Expiration Date: 12/12/2015

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,100

OAKLEY MANUFACTURING
A DIVISION OF OAKLEY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LUXOTTICA U.S. HOLDINGS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ALAR AND AEROTEK
FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA

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 September 20, 2013 by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Oakley Manufacturing, a division of Oakley,
Inc., a subsidiary of Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corporation,
Foothill Ranch, California. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of sunglasses, prescription
eyewear, military glasses, and goggles. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Alar and Aerotek.
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 workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Oakley Manufacturing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oakley Manufacturing,
a division of Oakley, Inc., a subsidiary of Luxottica U.S.
Holdings Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Alar
and Aerotek, Foothill Ranch, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of sunglasses, prescription
eyewear, military glasses, and goggles 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 Oakley Manufacturing, a division of Oakley,
Inc., a subsidiary of Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Alar and Aerotek,
Foothill Ranch, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 19, 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 12th day of December, 2013.


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