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TAW-93257  /  Georg Jensen, Inc. (New York, NY)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/25/2016
Filed Date: 10/30/2017
Most Recent Update: 11/15/2017
Determination Date: 11/15/2017
Expiration Date: 11/15/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,257

GEORG JENSEN, INC.
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GEORG JENSEN A/S
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 October 30, 2017 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Georg Jensen, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Georg Jensen
A/S, New York, New York ("Georg Jensen, Inc."). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of retail
services for luxury jewelry, watches, and home furnishings.
However, the worker group, the subject of the investigation, is
specifically engaged in activities related to marketing,
communications, merchandising, and planning of the retail
services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 supply of services
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Georg Jensen, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Georg Jensen, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Georg Jensen A/S, New York, New York,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of services
relating to marketing, communications, merchandising, and
planning 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 Georg Jensen, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Georg Jensen A/S, New York, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 25, 2016 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 15th day of November 2017.

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