Bloomington Production Operations (GE Appliances) Certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance
INDIANAPOLIS
(September 22, 2016) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently certified that workers who have been or may become totally or partially separated from Bloomington Production Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Haier US Appliance Solutions (d/b/a GE Appliances), Bloomington, are eligible to receive services under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The federal ruling applies to workers employed at Bloomington Production Operations between January 24, 2016 and September 14, 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.
Bloomington
Production Operations 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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