DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,063

HERITAGE HOME GROUP LLC
SALTILLO, 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; 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 for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) filed on June 4, 2015 on behalf
of workers of Heritage Home Group LLC, Saltillo, Mississippi
(Heritage Home). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of upholstered furniture.
The petitioning workers are separately identifiable from
workers who are eligible to apply for TAA under TA-W-85,684
(Heritage Home Group, Belding, Mississippi).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and Heritage Home's major
declining customer(s).
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/or production of upholstered furniture have decreased
absolutely at Heritage Home.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
upholstered furniture produced by Heritage Home have increased
during the twelve month period prior to the petition date.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Heritage Home.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Heritage Home Group
LLC, Saltillo, Mississippi, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of upholstered furniture, 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 Heritage Home Group LLC, Saltillo,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 3, 2014, 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 26th day of March 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance