DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,860

PANELARTZ, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
E. ROKO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
KENT, WASHINGTON

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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 1, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of PanelArtz, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from E. Roko Distributors, Inc., Kent,
Washington (PanelArtz). Workers of PanelArtz are engaged in
activities related to the lamination of cabinetry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in PanelArtz have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because PanelArtz is a
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 production is related
to the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the afore-referenced firm contributed
importantly to worker separations at PanelArtz.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PanelArtz 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 PanelArtz, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from E. Roko Distributors, Inc., Kent,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 31, 2019 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 7th day of August 2020.

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