DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,021

SANFORD L.P.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWELL BRANDS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LIFESTYLE TEMP AGENCY
SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 19, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sanford L.P., a subsidiary of Newell Brands,
including on-site leased workers from Lifestyle Temp Agency,
Shelbyville, Tennessee. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of writing instruments.
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 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 Sanford L.P., a subsidiary of Newell Brands,
Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sanford L.P., a
subsidiary of Newell Brands, including on-site leased workers
from Lifestyle Temp Agency, Shelbyville, Tennessee, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of writing
instruments 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 Sanford L.P., a subsidiary of Newell
Brands, including on-site leased workers from Lifestyle
Temp Agency, Shelbyville, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 18,
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 10th day of August 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance