DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,648

FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, LANSING PLANT

INTERIORS DIVISION

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CALIPER (CORTECH)

LANSING, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:

(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph

(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 21, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Faurecia Interior Systems, Lansing Plant,
Interiors Division, Lansing, Michigan (Faurecia Interior
Systems). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of car door panels. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Caliper (Cortech).

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.

Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Faurecia Interior
Systems is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.

Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the car door
panels produced by Faurecia Interior Systems for a firm that
employed a certified worker group accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of Faurecia Interior
Systems.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia Interior
Systems, Lansing Plant, Interiors Division, Lansing, Michigan,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of car
door panels meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:




"All workers of Faurecia Interior Systems, Lansing Plant,
Interiors Division, including on-site leased workers from
Caliper (Cortech), Lansing, Michigan, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March
20, 2018 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 23rd day of January, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance