Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, 8695-8696 [2015-03280]
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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–82,884 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Central Credit Services,
LLC, formerly known as Integrity Solutions
Services, Inc., Decorah, Iowa, who became
totally or partially separated from who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 3, 2012, through
August 14, 2015, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on 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 at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of
February, 2015.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2015–03276 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–85,547]
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Foxconn Assembly LLC/Foxconn Hon
Hai Logistics LLC; A Subsidiary of Hon
Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD
Including Workers Whose
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wages
Are Reported Under Foxconn Hon Hai
Logistics Texas, LLC, EMS Assembly
LLC and Q-Hub Corporation and
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Spiretek International, Inc., Effex
Management Solutions, LLC Houston,
Texas; Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on October 10, 2014,
applicable to workers and former
workers of Foxconn Assembly LLC/
Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics LLC, a
subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision
Industry Co., LTD, including workers
whose unemployment insurance (UI)
wages are reported under Foxconn Hon
Hai Logistics Texas, LLC and EMS
Assembly LLC, and including on-site
leased workers from Spiretek
International, Inc. and Effex
Management Solutions, LLC, Houston,
Texas. The Department’s Notice of
Determination was published in the
Federal Register on October 29, 2014
(79 FR 64413). The firm is engaged in
production of printed circuit boards.
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At the request of the State of Texas,
the Department reviewed the
certification applicable to the subject
firm.
During the review, the Department
confirmed that Foxconn Assembly LLC
has operated under the name Q-Hub
Corporation and paid workers in the
group under this name.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–85,547 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Foxconn Assembly LLC/
Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics LLC, a subsidiary
of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD,
including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages are reported under
Foxconn Hon Hai Logistics Texas, LLC, EMS
Assembly LLC and Q-Hub Corporation, and
including on-site leased workers from
Spiretek International, Inc. and Effex
Management Solutions, LLC, Houston, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 22,
2013 through October 10, 2016, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through October 10,
2016, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, DC this 2nd day of
February, 2015.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers (TA–W) number and alternative
trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by
(TA–W) number issued during the
period of January 19, 2015 through
January 30, 2015.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following
must be satisfied:
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A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of
such firm or subdivision have decreased
absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles
produced by such firm or subdivision
have contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision;
or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the
following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production
by such workers’ firm or subdivision to
a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which
are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be
satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’
firm has shifted production of the
articles to a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act,
African Growth and Opportunity Act, or
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of articles that are
like or directly competitive with articles
which are or were produced by such
firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative
determination to be made for
secondarily affected workers of a firm
and a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act must be met.
(1) 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 (or subdivision)
is a supplier or downstream producer to
a firm (or subdivision) that employed a
group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility to apply for
trade adjustment assistance benefits and
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such supply or production is related to
the article that was the basis for such
certification; and
(3) either—
(A) the workers’ firm is a supplier and
the component parts it supplied for the
firm (or subdivision) described in
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the
workers’ firm; or
(B) a loss or business by the workers’
firm with the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
In order for the Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers,
the group eligibility requirements of
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act
must be met.
1. Whether a significant number of
workers in the workers’ firm are 50
years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the
workers’ firm possess skills that are not
easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within
the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions
within the industry are adverse).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been
issued. The date following the company
name and location of each
determination references the impact
date for all workers of such
determination.
None.
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Affirmative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance And Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been
issued. The date following the company
name and location of each
determination references the impact
date for all workers of such
determination.
The following certifications have been
issued. The requirements of Section
222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act
have been met.
85,664, Kraft Foods Group Global, Inc.,
Woburn, Massachusetts. November
20, 2013.
85,691, Covidien LP, North Haven,
Connecticut. December 3, 2013.
85,698, General Motors, Lansing,
Michigan. December 5, 2013.
85,710, Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc.,
Brooklyn, Ohio. December 10, 2013.
85,711, General Electric, Dekalb,
Illinois. December 10, 2013.
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85,715, Vermont Circuits, Inc.,
Brattleboro, Vermont. December 11,
2013.
85,728, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,
Austin, Texas. January 11, 2014.
85,736, Kolektor TKI Inc., Fountain Inn.,
South Carolina. December 7, 2013.
85,738, XRS Corporation, Burnsville,
Minnesota. December 18, 2013.
85,740, Amerida Premium Hardwoods,
Greenville, Michigan. December 18,
2013.
85,742, General Motors Lake Orion
Assembly, Lake Orion, Michigan.
December 19, 2013.
85,748, Littelfuse Inc., Lake Mills,
Wisconsin. December 29, 2013.
85,750, Maracom Corporation, Willmar,
Minnesota. December 30, 2013.
85,754, Hypertronics Corporation,
Hudson, Massachusetts. December
16, 2013.
Negative Determinations for Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, it has been
determined that the requirements of
246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for
the reasons specified.
None.
Negative Determinations For Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the
investigation revealed that the eligibility
criteria for worker adjustment assistance
have not been met for the reasons
specified.
Because the workers of the firm are
not eligible to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for
ATAA.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have
not been met.
85,589, Original Chili Bowl, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
The workers’ firm does not produce
an article as required for certification
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974.
85,702, JP Morgan Chase and Company,
Lowell, Massachusetts.
85,747, JP Morgan Chase and Company,
Akron, Ohio.
85,749, St. Thomas Medical Group,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Determinations Terminating
Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was
published in the Federal Register and
on the Department’s Web site, as
required by Section 221 of the Act (19
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U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated
investigations of these petitions.
The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested
that the petition be withdrawn.
85,755, Linatex Corporation of America,
St. Croix Falls.
The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning groups of
workers are covered by active
certifications. Consequently, further
investigation in these cases would serve
no purpose since the petitioning group
of workers cannot be covered by more
than one certification at a time.
85,768, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals,
St Louis, Missouri.
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of January 19,
2015 through January 30, 2015. These
determinations are available on the
Department’s Web site www.tradeact/
taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the
searchable listing of determinations or
by calling the Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888–
365–6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
February 2015.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed collection, comment request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed new collection
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment
assistance for workers (TA-W) number and alternative trade adjustment
assistance (ATAA) by (TA-W) number issued during the period of January
19, 2015 through January 30, 2015.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility
requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision
have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed
importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or
subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or
subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. The country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted production of
the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference
Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are
or were produced by such firm or subdivision.
Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for
secondarily affected workers of a firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each
of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must
be met.
(1) 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 (or subdivision) is a supplier or downstream
producer to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility to apply for trade
adjustment assistance benefits and
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such supply or production is related to the article that was the basis
for such certification; and
(3) either--
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the
workers' firm; or
(B) a loss or business by the workers' firm with the firm (or
subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act must be met.
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are
50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are
not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e.,
conditions within the industry are adverse).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
None.
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance And
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following
the company name and location of each determination references the
impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of
Section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)
of the Trade Act have been met.
85,664, Kraft Foods Group Global, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts. November
20, 2013.
85,691, Covidien LP, North Haven, Connecticut. December 3, 2013.
85,698, General Motors, Lansing, Michigan. December 5, 2013.
85,710, Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio. December 10, 2013.
85,711, General Electric, Dekalb, Illinois. December 10, 2013.
85,715, Vermont Circuits, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont. December 11,
2013.
85,728, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, Texas. January 11, 2014.
85,736, Kolektor TKI Inc., Fountain Inn., South Carolina. December 7,
2013.
85,738, XRS Corporation, Burnsville, Minnesota. December 18, 2013.
85,740, Amerida Premium Hardwoods, Greenville, Michigan. December 18,
2013.
85,742, General Motors Lake Orion Assembly, Lake Orion, Michigan.
December 19, 2013.
85,748, Littelfuse Inc., Lake Mills, Wisconsin. December 29, 2013.
85,750, Maracom Corporation, Willmar, Minnesota. December 30, 2013.
85,754, Hypertronics Corporation, Hudson, Massachusetts. December 16,
2013.
Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, it has been determined that the
requirements of 246(a)(3)(A)(ii) have not been met for the reasons
specified.
None.
Negative Determinations For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the
eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met
for the reasons specified.
Because the workers of the firm are not eligible to apply for TAA,
the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production to a foreign
country) have not been met.
85,589, Original Chili Bowl, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The workers' firm does not produce an article as required for
certification under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
85,702, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Lowell, Massachusetts.
85,747, JP Morgan Chase and Company, Akron, Ohio.
85,749, St. Thomas Medical Group, Nashville, Tennessee.
Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the Federal Register
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these
petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
85,755, Linatex Corporation of America, St. Croix Falls.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning groups of workers are covered by active
certifications. Consequently, further investigation in these cases
would serve no purpose since the petitioning group of workers cannot be
covered by more than one certification at a time.
85,768, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, St Louis, Missouri.
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued
during the period of January 19, 2015 through January 30, 2015. These
determinations are available on the Department's Web site www.tradeact/
taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations
or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at
888-365-6822.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of February 2015.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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