[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 109 (Thursday, June 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31612-31613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11025]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-60,835, TA-W-60,835A, TA-W-60,835B, TA-W-60,835C, TA-W-60,835D, 
TA-W-60,835E]


Kimberly Clark Corporation, Kimberly Clark World-Wide, Neenah, 
WI; Kimberly Clark Global Sales, Roswell, GA; Kimberly Clark World-
Wide, Roswell, GA; Kimberly Clark Global Sales, Knoxville, TN; Kimberly 
Clark World-Wide, Knoxville, TN; Kimberly Clark Global Sales, Irving, 
TX; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By letter dated April 30, 2007, counsel for Kimberly Clark 
Corporation (the subject firm) requested administrative reconsideration 
by the Department of Labor (Department) of the

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Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance applicable to workers and former workers 
of the subject firm. The Department's negative determination was issued 
on March 30, 2007. The Department's Notice of determination was 
published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2007 (72 FR 17938). 
Workers provided administrative support to various affiliated 
facilities.
    The initial investigation found that a majority of the 
administrative work done by the petitioning worker groups is not 
directed toward support of production taking place at certified 
affiliated production facilities and that a preponderance of the 
separations are the result of the subject firm's decision to outsource 
positions outside of the corporation.
    The negative determination stated that worker separations are not 
caused by imports but by the subject firm's decision to outsource 
administrative support positions, and stated that the separations 
cannot be directly attributed to imports or a shift in production of an 
article.
    In the request for reconsideration, counsel alleged that the 
petitioning worker groups either had a ``direct link to'' or directly 
supported production at affiliated certified production facilities.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and has determined that further investigation is 
appropriate.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of May 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E7-11025 Filed 6-6-07; 8:45 am]
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