DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,178

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFF MANAGEMENT/SMX
BENNINGTON, VERMONT

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 November 25, 2015 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Energizer Holdings, Inc., Bennington,
Vermont (herein known as "Energizer Holdings, Inc." or
"workers' firm"). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Staff Management/SMX. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of miniature
batteries that are used in various devices including, but not
limited to, watches, toys, small electronics, and medical
devices such as hearing aids. The worker group is not
separately identifiable by products produced.
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 which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Energizer Holdings, Inc.

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 Staff
Management/SMX, Bennington, Vermont, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of miniature 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 Staff Management/SMX,
Bennington, Vermont, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 25, 2014
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 12th day of January, 2016

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