Who is eligible to apply...
I. A petition may be filed by a group of adversely affected workers and be signed by at least three workers; alternatively, a petition may be filed by a company official, union representative, or other authorized representatives, requiring only one signature. Once signed, petitions must be filed with both the DTAA and the State TAA Coordinator or Dislocated Worker Unit relevant to the worker group's plant location Notice of such filing shall be promptly published in the Federal Register. Within 10 days after publication, the petitioner or any other person found by the Secretary to have a substantial interest may request a hearing and be afforded the opportunity to be present, to present evidence, and to be heard. After receiving a TAA petition, DTAA invstigators will establish if the workers' company prodces a product and that a required minimum of the workforce has been laid off in the 12 months preceding the date of the petition or is threatened with layoffs (3 workers in groups of fewere than 50, 5% of the workforce in groups of 50 or more, or at least 50 workers in groups of 1000 or more). Additionally, DTAA will analyze facts contributing to the workers' layoffs or work reductions in order to determine one of the following sets of conditions have been met: (1)Increased imports contributed importantly to an actual decline in sales or production, and to a layoff or threat of a layoff; or (2)There has been a shift in production to certain countries which contributed to a layoff or threat of a layoff; or (3) there has been a shift in production outside of the United States and there has been or isliely to be an increase in the import of like or similar articles; or(4)loss of business as a supplier of component parts,a final assembler, or a finisher for a TAA certified firm contributed importantly to an actual decline in sales or production, and to a layoff or threat of a layoff. If one of the above requirements is met, the Secretary issues a certification of eligiblity to apply for Individual Eligibility. A TAA beneficiary must:1) be found by the Labor Department to have been adversely affected by increased imports, 2) be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance and 3) meet the following individual requirements: 1)his or her unemployment or underemployment must have begun on or after the impact date specified in the Secretary's certification as the beginning of the import-impacted unemployment or underemployment; 2) his or her unemployment must begin before the expiration of the 2-year period beinning on the date on which the Secretary issued the certification for his or her group or before the termination date, if any, specified in the certification. In addition, to be eligible for the weekly trade readjustment allowance (TRA) payments he or she must: 1) have been employed with wages at a minmum of $30 per week by the import-affected firm for at least 26 of the previous 52 weeks including the week of total layoff (up to 7 weeks of employer-authorized leave may be counted as qualifying weeks of employment or up to 26 weeks of disability compensation): and 2)be enrolled in or have completed an approved job training program, unless the determination is made that training is either not feasible or not appropriate, in which case a waiver of the training requirement may be issued. II. Individual eligibility requirements for NAFTA-TAA are similar to the TAA requirements described, except that when authorized payment of TRA, the State cannot issue a waiver of the training requirement if the State finds that training is not feasible or appropriate. To receive TRA, the claimant must be enrolled in an approved training program within 8 weeks of the Secretary's issuance of the certification or within 16 weeks of the worker's most recent qualifying separation, whichever is later.
Credentials/Documentation
None.
Note:This is a brief description of the credentials or documentation required prior to, or along with, an application for assistance.
About this section:
This section indicates who can apply to the Federal government for assistance and the criteria the potential applicant must satisfy.
For example, individuals may be eligible for research grants, and the criteria to be satisfied may be that they have a professional or scientific degree,
3 years of research experience, and be a citizen of the United States. Universities, medical schools, hospitals, or State and local governments may also be eligible.
Where State governments are eligible, the type of State agency will be indicated (State welfare agency or State agency on aging) and the criteria that they
must satisfy.
Certain federal programs (e.g., the Pell Grant program which provides grants to students) involve intermediate levels of application processing, i.e., applications
are transmitted through colleges or universities that are neither the direct applicant nor the ultimate beneficiary. For these programs,
the criteria that the intermediaries must satisfy are also indicated, along with intermediaries who are not eligible.