DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,354

HUGO BOSS CLEVELAND, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
(UI) WAGES ARE PAID THROUGH TJFC DISTRIBUTION
BROOKLYN, OHIO

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on April 8, 2010, applicable to workers of Hugo Boss
Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on May 5, 2010 (75 FR 24750).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of men’s suits.
Information shows that in Hugo Boss purchased TJFC
Distribution in 1998. Some workers separated from employment at
the Brooklyn, Ohio location of Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc. had
their wages reported under a separate unemployment insurance (UI)
tax account under the name TJFC Distribution.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
increased imports of men’s suits.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,354 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc., including
workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages are
paid through TJFC Distribution, Brooklyn, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 14, 2009 through April 8, 2012, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of January 2012.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,354

HUGO BOSS CLEVELAND, INC.
BROOKLYN, OHIO

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers’ firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 26, 2010 on behalf of workers of Hugo Boss
Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio. The workers produce men’s suits.

The investigation revealed that workers of Hugo Boss
Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of men’s suits, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because production of
men’s suits by Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc. declined during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S. aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the men’s
suits produced by the subject firm have increased significantly
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at the
Brooklyn, Ohio facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hugo Boss Cleveland,
Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to
production of men’s suits 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 Hugo Boss Cleveland, Inc., Brooklyn, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 14, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the 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 8th day of April, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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