DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,079

LA-Z-BOY INC.
RESIDENTIAL DIVISON
NEWTON, 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;
(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 August 16, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of La-Z-Boy, Inc., Residential Division, Newton,
Mississippi (La-Z-Boy, Newton). Worker of La-Z-Boy, Newton are
engaged in activities related to the production of upholstered
furniture. The subject worker group does not include on-site
leased workers at the firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in La-Z-Boy, Newton have
become totally partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at La-Z-Boy, Newton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of La-Z-Boy, Newton 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 La-Z-Boy, Inc., Residential Division,
Newton, Mississippi, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 15, 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 20th day of September 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance