Approvable Training: 1) There is no suitable employment available for an adversely affected worker; 2) The worker would benefit from appropriate training; 3) There is a reasonable expectation of employment following completion such training; 4) Training approved by the Secretary is reasonably available to the worker from either governmental agencies or private sources; 5) The worker is qualified to undertake and complete such training; 6) Such training is suitable for the worker and available at a reasonable cost.
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Certification Date: The date on
which a TAA or NAFTA-TAA petition was certified.
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Eligible Training Providers: A
public or private provider of a training program that has been determined
by the state or local workforce investment board to meet specific
requirements as to performance and costs and, thus, is eligible to receive
Trade and/or WIA funds.
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Ending (Expiration) Date: The
date on a Trade Act certification (TAA or NAFTA-TAA) by which a worker
must be laid off in order to be covered by that certification.
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Impact Date: The date on the
Trade Act certification (TAA or NAFTA-TAA) when total or partial layoffs
began or threatened to begin. The impact date can be up to one year prior to the date of the petition.
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North American Free Trade Agreement--Transitional
Adjustment Assistance: A federal program to assist workers
to re-enter the workforce after they have become unemployed because of
imports from or shift in production to Mexico and/or Canada.
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On-the-Job Training: Training provided by an employer to an employee who is engaged in productive work.
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Primary Firm: A firm directly
affected by increased imports from or shift in production to Canada and/or
Mexico.
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Rapid Response: Early intervention service provided by the state or by an entity designated by the state with funds
provided by the state, in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff
at a plant, facility or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster, that
results in mass job dislocation, in order to assist dislocated workers in
obtaining reemployment as soon as possible. Learn more about
Rapid Response.
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Reemployment Services: Basic
services provided to trade-affected workers by workforce development agencies
include the following: employment registration, employment counseling,
vocational testing, job referral, job development, supportive services,
job search workshop, and job finding club.
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Remedial Education: Courses
designed to increase educational level in certain areas of study (such as
reading, math and language), that allow the participant to meet entry
level requirements of a training program.
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Secondary Firm: Firms that
supply materials and/or components to a primary firm (supplier firm),
firms that assemble or finish products made by a primary firm (upstream
producers) and family farmers or farm workers who do not meet the "group
of workers" eligibility requirements.
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Secondarily Affected Workers: A
group of workers employed by supplier firms, upstream producers and
farmers or farm workers employed by family farms whose employment has been adversely affected by the primary firm's trade with or shifts in production to Canada or Mexico.
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Suitable Employment: Work of a substantially equal or higher skill level, paying not less than 80% of the worker's average weekly wage, which does not include self-employment or employment as an independent contractor.
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Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA): A
federal program that provides assistance such as job search, relocation assistance, retraining, income support, etc. to workers who have become unemployed because of imports.
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Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA): A
weekly allowance payable to an adversely affected worker enrolled in or waived
from training after entitlement to unemployment compensation has been
exhausted. Learn more about Trade Readjustment Allowance.
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Unemployment Compensation (UC) or Unemployment
Insurance (UI): Weekly benefits payable to an individual
under state or federal unemployment compensation law and includes regular
compensation, additional compensation, extended compensation, and federal
supplemental compensation.
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