Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 11/22/2018
Filed Date: 11/25/2019
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2020
Determination Date: 07/28/2020
Expiration Date: 07/28/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,414
HILLPHOENIX SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
DATA ENTRY/PROGRAMMING AND BILL OF MATERIALS DEPARTMENTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF DOVER CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP AND TEEMA
CENTERVILLE, IOWA
TA-W-95,414A
HILLPHOENIX SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
DATA ENTRY/PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF DOVER CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP AND TEEMA
KEOSAUQUA, IOWA
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 November 25, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Hillphoenix Specialty Products, Data
Entry/Programming and Bill of Materials departments, a
subsidiary of Dover Corporation, Centerville, Iowa (TA-W-
95,414) and Hillphoenix Specialty Products, Data
Entry/Programming department, a subsidiary of Dover
Corporation, Keosauqua, Iowa (TA-W-95,414A) (Hillphoenix).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of data entry and programming related to product engineering.
The firm has utilized leased or temporary workers from QPS
Employment Group and TEEMA. Hillphoenix is a manufacturer of
refrigeration systems and display cases for the food and
beverage retail industry, as well as power systems and
industrial refrigeration products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Hillphoenix.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hillphoenix Specialty
Products, Data Entry/Programming and Bill of Materials
departments, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from QPS Employment Group and TEEMA,
Centerville, Iowa (TA-W-95,414) and Hillphoenix Specialty
Products, Data Entry/Programming department, a subsidiary of
Dover Corporation, including on-site leased workers from QPS
Employment Group and TEEMA, Keosauqua, Iowa (TA-W-95,414A),
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of data
entry and programming related to product engineering, 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 Hillphoenix Specialty Products, Data
Entry/Programming and Bill of Materials departments, a
subsidiary of Dover Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from QPS Employment Group and TEEMA, Centerville,
Iowa (TA-W-95,414); and Hillphoenix Specialty Products,
Data Entry/Programming department, a subsidiary of Dover
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from QPS
Employment Group and TEEMA, Keosauqua, Iowa (TA-W-
95,414A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 22, 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 28th day of July 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance