DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,362

HENDERSON LEISUREWEAR, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY I. APPEL INC.
HENDERSON, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 29, 2001 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Henderson Leisurewear, Inc., Henderson, Tennessee. The
workers produced women's coats and robes.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm has
experienced declines in sales, production, and numbers of
employees. It is now closed.
The investigation also revealed that United States imports
of women's coats and robes have increased during the past year.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the women's coats and robes produced by
Henderson Leisurewear, Inc., Henderson, Tennessee, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Henderson Leisurewear, Inc., Henderson,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 21, 2000, through two years from the
date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of August 2001


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance