DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,261

HANESBRANDS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WOREKRS FROM
IH SERVICES, SECURITY FORCES, INC., AND WORKFORCE CAROLINA
MT. AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 24, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hanesbrands, Inc., Mt. Airy, North Carolina
(Hanesbrands). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of knit socks. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from IH Services,
Security Forces, Inc., and Workforce Carolina.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the knit socks
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Hanesbrands.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hanesbrands, Inc.,
Mt. Airy, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of knit socks, 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 Hanesbrands, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from IH Services, Security Forces, Inc.,
and Workforce Carolina, Mt. Airy, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 20, 2011, 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 16th day of February, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance