DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,230

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
WESTLAKE, 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;
(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 September 10, 2015 by state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Energizer Holdings, Inc., Westlake, Ohio (herein
known as "Energizer" or "worker's firm"). The worker group is
engaged in activities related to the production of hearing aid
batteries. Specifically, the petitioning worker group performs
research, development, and engineering activities in support of
the product line.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-82,778 on July 25, 2013.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers' firm
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Energizer.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Energizer Holdings,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Adecco, Westlake,
Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
hearing aid batteries 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 Energizer Holdings, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Adecco, Westlake, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 26, 2015, 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 2nd day of January, 2016

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance