TAA Petitions
To establish group eligibility for workers whose jobs may be affected, a TAA petition must be filed. A petition may be filed by an official of the employer, a group of three or more workers, an authorized representative of the labor union, one-stop center operator or partner, or the State Dislocated Worker Unit. Once a petition is properly completed and signed, it must be filed with both the U.S. Department of Labor and the State TAA Coordinator in each state that layoffs occur. Completed petitions may be faxed.
TAA Petition Form - English, updated 06/04/2008 [Adobe PDF download]; or [MS Word download]
TAA Petition Form - Spanish, updated 06/04/2008 [Adobe PDF download]; or [MS Word download]
Instructions on how to complete a TAA petition form.
Upon receipt of a petition, the U.S. Department of Labor conducts an investigation and gathers data from the employer to determine whether group eligibility criteria have been met. The investigation takes approximately 40 days. Upon completion of the investigation, a written determination will be mailed to the petitioner(s), and the appropriate state(s). To establish group eligibility for TAA benefits, all of the following criteria must be met:
A significant number of workers must be totally or partially separated from employment or threatened with separation, and
• Sales and/or production has decreased,
• Imports like or directly competitive with goods produced by the workers' firm have increased,
• Increased imports contributed importantly to separations and decline in production and/or sales.
or
There has been a shift of production by workers' firm of like or directly competitive products to a country. In:
• Free Trade Agreement with U.S.
• Andean Trade Preferences Act
• African Growth and Opportunity Act
• Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act
Check the status of a filed TAA petition.