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TAW-91609  /  Kim Lighting (City Of Industry, CA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 03/18/2015
Filed Date: 03/21/2016
Most Recent Update: 05/13/2016
Determination Date: 05/13/2016
Expiration Date: 05/13/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,609

KIM LIGHTING
A DIVISION OF HUBBELL LIGHTING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
CITY OF INDUSTRY, 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 March 21, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Kim Lighting, a division of Hubbell Lighting,
Inc., City of Industry, California (Kim Lighting). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
outdoor lighting. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Select Staffing.
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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Kim Lighting.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kim Lighting, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of outdoor
lighting, 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 Kim Lighting, a division of Hubbell
Lighting, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Select Staffing, City of Industry, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 18, 2015, 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 13th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance