DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,964

MARK ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SPHERION, AEROTEK, AND AJULIA
EDISON, NEW JERSEY

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 June 27, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Mark Architectural Lighting, a subsidiary of Acuity
Brands Lighting, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Spherion, Aerotek, and Ajulia, Edison, New Jersey (herein
referred to as "Mark Architectural Lighting"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
lighting fixtures and controls solutions.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 shifted 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 Mark Architectural Lighting.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mark Architectural
Lighting, a subsidiary of Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Spherion, Aerotek, and
Ajulia, Edison, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of lighting fixtures and controls
solutions 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 Mark Architectural Lighting, a subsidiary
of Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Spherion, Aerotek, and Ajulia, Edison, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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 16th day of September 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance