Pedraza v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

This is an administrative appeal of an order from the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission (“Commission”) that affirmed a decision of a reemployment assistance appeals referee who held that Diana R. Pedraza was ineligible to receive reemployment assistance benefits because she did not qualify for Trade Readjustment Assistance (“TRA”) program under the Trade Act of 1974. We reverse.

The TRA program provides monetary assistance to workers who are adversely affected by foreign trade competition. To determine whether a worker is eligible under the TRA program, the worker’s annual wages at…