[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54859-54860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22119]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,575 etc.]


Philips Consumer Lifestyle; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance

    Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Ledgewood, New Jersey, Including 
Employees of Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Ledgewood, New Jersey Working 
at Various Locations in the Following States:

TA-W-63,575A, Arkansas;
TA-W-63,575B, California;
TA-W-63,575C, Florida;
TA-W-63,575D, Minnesota;
TA-W-63,575E, North Carolina;
TA-W-63,575F, South Carolina;
TA-W-63,575G, Texas;
TA-W-63,575H, Virginia.

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on July 16, 2008, applicable to workers of 
Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Ledgewood, New Jersey. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2008 (73 FR 44284).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers were engaged 
in the production of antennas and packaged electronic accessories.
    New information shows that worker separations have occurred 
involving employees of the Ledgewood, New Jersey facility of Philips 
Consumer Lifestyle working at various locations in

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the following states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Minnesota, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. These employees provided 
sales support services for the firm's production of antennas and 
packaged electronic accessories.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include employees of the Ledgewood, New Jersey 
facility of the subject firm working at various locations in the above 
mentioned states.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Philips Consumer Lifestyle who were adversely affected by a 
shift in production of antennas and packaged electronic accessories to 
China.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-63,575 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Ledgewood, New 
Jersey (TA-W-63,575), including employees of Philips Consumer 
Lifestyle, Ledgewood, New Jersey working at various locations in the 
following states: Arkansas (TA-W-63,575A), California (TA-W-
63,575B), Florida (TA-W-63,575C), Minnesota (TA-W-63,575D), North 
Carolina (TA-W-63,575E), South Carolina (TA-W-63,575F), Texas (TA-W-
63,575G) and Virginia (TA-W-63,575H), who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after June 18, 2007, 
through July 16, 2010, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also 
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of September 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-22119 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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