DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,468

ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SIZEMORE STAFFING
COCHRAN, GEORGIA

TA-W-81,468A

RANDSTAD STAFFING
WORKING ON-SITE AT
ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
COCHRAN, GEORGIA

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 April 2, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., Cochran, Georgia. The
worker group, herein known as Acuity Brands Lighting, also
consists of on-site leased workers from Sizemore Staffing and
Randstad Staffing. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of lighting fixtures.
The workers of Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Sizemore Staffing, Cochran,
Georgia were covered by a prior Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) certification (TA-W-73,701), which expired on April 30,
2012. The certification did not cover leased workers of
Randstad Staffing working on-site at Acuity Brands Lighting.
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 is in the process of shifting to a foreign country the
production of an article like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Acuity Brands Lighting.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acuity Brands
Lighting, Inc., including on-site leased workers of Sizemore
Staffing and Randstad Staffing, Cochran, Georgia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of lighting
fixtures 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 Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Sizemore Staffing, Cochran,
Georgia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 1, 2012 through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on May 1, 2012 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,
AND
All workers of Randstad Staffing, working on-site at
Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., Cochran, Georgia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 30, 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 30th day of April, 2012.


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