DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,400

SMART APPAREL (US) INC.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF OFFICE TEAM AND
ACCOUNTEMPS
QUAKERTOWN, PENNSLYVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 25, 2009 on behalf of workers of Smart Apparel
(US), Inc., Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Department, Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Workers of the Department
provided administrative accounting services. The workers in
this Department are separately identifiable from others
employed at the site.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers of
Office Team and Accountemps.
The investigation revealed that workers of Accounts Payable
and Accounts Receivable Department, who are engaged in
employment related to the provision of administrative
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all subject workers were
separated upon the cessation of administrative operations in
Quakertown.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supplying of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by
workers within the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Department, Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to China by Smart Apparel (US), Inc., contributed importantly
to worker group separations within the Accounts Payable and
Accounts Receivable Department.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smart Apparel (US),
Inc., Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Department,
including on-site leased workers of Office Team and
Accountemps, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Smart Apparel (US), Inc., Accounts Payable
and Accounts Receivable Department, including on-site
leased workers of Office Team and Accountemps,
Quakertown, Pennsylvania,, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 23, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 16th day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance