DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,512

JAYA APPAREL GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
24 SEVEN STAFFING INC., SBH FASHION INC., AND
CAREER GROUP INC.
VERNON, CALIFORNIA


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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 25, 2016, by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Jaya Apparel Group LLC, Vernon, California
(Jaya Apparel Group). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of apparel designs for
women, juniors, and children. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from 24 Seven Staffing Inc., SBH
Fashion Inc., and Career Group Inc. Workers are not
separately identifiable by the articles produced.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of apparel designs by Jaya Apparel Group
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
Jaya Apparel Group have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Jaya
Apparel Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jaya Apparel Group,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
apparel designs for women, juniors, and children, 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 Jaya Apparel Group LLC, including on-site
leased workers from 24 Seven Staffing Inc., SBH Fashion
Inc., and Career Group Inc., Vernon, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 24, 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 11th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance