Gibson County Coal Employees Certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance
INDIANAPOLIS
(August 26, 2016) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently certified that workers who have been or may become totally or partially separated from Gibson County Coal (Princeton), including on-site workers from Custom Staffing, are eligible to receive services under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The federal ruling applies to workers employed at from Gibson County Coal between December 4, 2014 and August 10, 2018.
The
TAA program is made available to workers who are displaced due to foreign
imports or shifts in production out of the country. It provides benefits
to help unemployed workers prepare for and obtain suitable employment. In
addition, weekly trade re-adjustment allowances may be payable to eligible workers
following the exhaustion of unemployment insurance benefits. Workers may also be
eligible for a variety of reemployment services, job search and relocation
allowances, health insurance premium assistance through the Health Coverage Tax
Credit (HCTC), and training. Workers age 50 or older may be eligible for Reemployment
Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA), a wage subsidy of 50 percent of the
difference between their new salary and old salary, up to $10,000.
Gibson
County Coal employees are encouraged to contact their local WorkOne Career Center
to get connected with reemployment services available through TAA.
Additionally, they can take advantage of WorkOne services that are available to
all Hoosier jobseekers, including skills assessments, training programs, résumé
and interview preparation, job matching, and much more. A listing of the nearly
90 WorkOne Career Centers located in communities throughout Indiana is
available at WorkOneWorks.com.
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