DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,023

JABIL CIRCUIT, INC.
MERIDIAN, OHIO

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on March 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by workers at Jabil Circuit, Inc.,
Meridian, Idaho. The workers produced circuit boards for HP
Laser Jet printers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that from 2000 through 2002,
sales, production and employment declined. The subject firm is
filling any orders for circuit boards for HP Laser Jet printers
from its inventory.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA
5895).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Jabil
Circuit, Inc., Meridian, Idaho, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of May, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance