DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,789

EASY GARDENER PRODUCTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, SOUTH 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 July 10, 2012, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Easy Gardener Products, Inc., Batesburg-Leesville,
South Carolina (Easy Gardener Products). The workers' firm is
engaged in employment related to the production of molded rubber
lawn and garden products.
The worker group includes on-sited leased workers from
Adecco.
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 Easy Gardener Products 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 articles like
or directly competitive with the molded rubber lawn and garden
products produced by the workers' firm, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Easy Gardener
Products, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina.




Conclusion:
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Easy Gardener
Products, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Adecco,
Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of molded rubber lawn and
garden products, 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 Easy Gardener Products, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Batesburg-Leesville, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 9, 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 the certification through two years from the
date of the 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 31st day of July, 2012

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