DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,425

REGAL-BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AT WORK PERSONNEL SERVICES
ERWIN, 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 November 17, 2016 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Regal-Beloit America, Inc., a subsidiary
of Regal-Beloit Corporation, Erwin, Tennessee (subject firm).
The subject worker group is engaged in activities related to
the production of sub-fractional horsepower motors and plastic
resin components. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from At Work Personnel Services. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Regal-Beloit America,
Inc., Erwin, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of sub-fractional horsepower motors and plastic
resin components, 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 Regal-Beloit America, Inc., a subsidiary
of Regal-Beloit Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from At Work Personnel Services, Erwin, Tennessee,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 16, 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 27th day of January 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance