The goal of the Trade Adjustment Assistance TAA Program is to assist dislocated workers in obtaining suitable family-sustaining employment from a combination of reemployment services and possibly training. The first step is for an employer, three workers, a union representative, or state agency representative to complete a trade petition. Click here to view the trade petition. The petition must be properly completed and filed with the U. All of these benefits have certain deadlines and eligibility requirements.
Training for eligible individuals includes basic skills, GED, prerequisite, apprenticeship, occupational and on-the-job training OJT. Workers may be eligible for training, job search and relocation allowances, income support, and other reemployment services.
A petition for TAA may be filed by a group of three or more workers, their union, or other duly authorized representative.
Petition forms may be obtained from the local State Employment Security Agency or from any agency designated by the governor to provide reemployment services under the TAA program; or you can phone or write to the U.
The group may petition the U. If the U. DOL determines that trade import injury has occurred to an employer, it will issue a certification of eligibility so that employees who have been laid off or had their hours reduced may apply for TAA benefits. The benefits available vary depending on when the petition was filed with the U. Information on the benefits available under the different programs can be found by following the links below.
File an Initial application for benefits. Initial Claim Requirements Checklist. What are Trade Readjustment Allowances? Each category has its own set of eligibility requirements:. In general, certified workers may be eligible for , , or weeks of income support depending on petition number , usually allotted as follows:. Receiving TRA: For petitions numbered 69, and below or 80, to 80, - Eligible workers must be enrolled in approved training or have a waiver of training within 8 weeks of the petition certification date or 16 weeks from the most recent qualifying separation, whichever is later.
Receiving TRA: For petitions numbered 70,, and 81, and above - Eligible workers must be enrolled in approved training or have a waiver of training within 26 weeks of the petition certification date or 26 weeks from the most recent qualifying separation, whichever is later.
Receiving additional TRA: Within days of their layoff or from the date of certification, eligible individuals covered by petitions numbered 69, and below or 80, to 80, must have submitted a bona fide application for training. Petitions numbered 70,, and 81, and above must be waivered within 26 weeks of certification or last date of employment, whichever date is later.
Certifications numbered before 80, and below have six criteria used in determining that training is not feasible or appropriate for the worker at that time. Certifications numbered 81, and above only have three criteria used in determining that training is not feasible or appropriate for the worker at that time. Please contact a TAA counselor as soon as possible to review which set of criteria applies to your petition number.
To qualify for TRA you must:. Can approved training be waived for Basic TRA? Under certain circumstances, eligible workers may be waived from participating in training and still receive Basic TRA. One of the following conditions must exist for training to be determined not feasible or appropriate, and thus, potentially waived:. Note: Waivers must be reviewed every 30 days for petitions numbered up to 69, and between 80, to 80, Waivers issued for petitions numbered 70, to 79, and 81, and above do not need to be reviewed until 90 days after the original issuing date and every 30 days thereafter.
Additional TRA is not payable during a waiver period; the worker must be in training. Alternative and reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance.
ATAA provides an alternative assistance program for older workers certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance. The assistance is in the form of a wage subsidy for those re-employed before the last day of the 26th week to bridge a gap between their wage at separation and their new wage.
ATAA is effective for petitions numbered 69, and below or 80, to 80, The request must be made at the time the petition is filed. Not all petitions will be eligible. To apply:. What are the ATAA eligibility requirements? To be eligible for ATAA, an individual must:. The assistance is in the form of a wage subsidy for those re-employed to bridge a gap between their wage at separation and their new wage.
RTAA is effective for all petitions numbered 70,, and 81, and above. To apply, an RTAA application must be filed within two years of the earlier of the first day of qualifying re-employment or the exhaustion of unemployment insurance eligibility based on Trade-affected employment.
What are the RTAA eligibility requirements? To be eligible for RTAA, an individual must:. Where can I find Trade Adjustment Assistance statutes and regulations? Statutes: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of , Public Law format: PDF Trade Act of as amended , United States Code, Title 19, Sections PDF , Congressional Statement of Purpose, "The purposes of this chapter are to provide adequate procedures to safeguard American industry and labor against unfair or injurious import competition, and to assist industries, firms, workers, and communities to adjust to changes in international trade flows.
The [Trade Adjustment Assistance] program provides for re-employment services and allowances for eligible individuals. The regulations in the part are issued to implement the Act. Is there a U. Department of Labor Web site with additional information? Workers who do not qualify for Trade Adjustment Assistance re-employment services and benefits may be eligible for services under the Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Program , or other programs which may be accessible through a local One-Stop Career Center.
Changes to worker benefits and certification criteria may be different depending on which TAA regulation covers your petition number: Petitions numbered up to 49, are covered under the regulations; Petitions numbered 50, to 69, and 80, to 80, are covered under the regulations; Petitions numbered 70, to 79, are covered under the regulations; and Petitions numbered 81, and above are covered under the regulations.
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