(a) Providing information to workers. State agencies shall provide
full information to workers about the benefit allowances, training, and
other employment services available under subparts B through E of this
part 617 and about the petition and application procedures, and the
appropriate filing dates, for such allowances, training and services.
(b) Providing assistance to workers. State agencies shall provide
whatever assistance is necessary to enable groups of workers, including
unorganized workers, to prepare petitions or applications for program
benefits.
(c) Providing information to State vocational education agencies and
others. State agencies shall inform the State Board for Vocational
Education or equivalent agency and other public or private agencies,
institutions, and employers, as appropriate, of each certification
issued under section 223 of the Act and of projections, if available, of
the needs for training under section 236 of the Act as a result of such
certification.
(d) Written and newspaper notices. (1) Written notices to workers.
(i) Upon receipt of a certification issued by the Department of Labor,
the State agency shall provide a written notice through the mail of the
benefits available under subparts B through E of this part 617 to each
worker covered by a certification issued under section 223 of the Act
when the worker is partially or totally separated or as soon as possible
after the certification is issued if such workers are already partially
or totally separated from adversely affected employment.
(ii) The State agency will satisfy this requirement by obtaining
from the firm, or other reliable source, the names and addresses of all
workers who were partially or totally separated from adversely affected
employment before the certification was received by the agency, and
workers who are thereafter partially or totally separated within the
certification period. The State agency shall mail a written notice to
each such worker of the benefits available under the TAA Program. The
notice must include the following information:
(A) Worker group(s) covered by the certification, and the article(s)
produced as specified in the copy of the certification furnished to the
State agency.
(B) Name and the address or location of workers' firm.
(C) Impact, certification, and expiration dates in the certification
document.
(D) Benefits and reemployment services available to eligible
workers.
(E) Explanation of how workers apply for TAA benefits and services.
(F) Whom to call to get additional information on the certification.
(G) When and where the workers should come to apply for benefits and
services.
(2) Newspaper notices. (i) Upon receipt of a copy of a certification
issued by the Department affecting workers in a State, the State agency
shall publish a notice of such certification in a newspaper of general
circulation in areas in which such workers reside. Such a newspaper
notice shall not be required to be published, however, in the case of a
certification with respect to which the State agency can substantiate,
and enters in its records evidence substantiating, that all workers
covered by the certification have received written notice required by
paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
(ii) A published notice must include the following kinds of
information:
(A) Worker group(s) covered by the certification, and the article(s)
produced as specified in the copy of the certification furnished to the
State agency.
(B) Name and the address or location of workers' firm.
(C) Impact, certification, and expiration dates in the certification
document.
(D) Benefits and reemployment services available to eligible
workers.
(E) Explanation of how and where workers should apply for TAA
benefits and services.
(e) Advice and assistance to workers. In addition to the information
and assistance to workers as required under paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this section, State agencies shall--
(1) Advise each worker who applies for unemployment insurance under
the State law of the benefits available under subparts B through E of
this part and the procedures and deadlines for applying for such
benefits.
(2) Facilitate the early filing of petitions under section 221 of
the Act and Sec. 617.4(b) for any workers that the agency considers are
likely to be eligible for benefits. State agencies shall utilize
information received by the State's dislocated worker unit to facilitate
the early filing of petitions under section 221 of the Act by workers
potentially adversely affected by imports.
(3) Advise each adversely affected worker to apply for training
under Sec. 617.22(a) before, or at the same time as, the worker applies
for trade readjustment allowances under subpart B of this part.
(4) Interview each adversely affected worker, as soon as
practicable, regarding suitable training opportunities available to the
worker under Sec. 617.22(a) and review such opportunities with the
worker.
[51 FR 45848, Dec. 22, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 927, Jan. 6, 1994]
