DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,870

BIC CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SOCIÉTÉ BIC
IT DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BRIDGETOWN COMPUTER, GRAPEVINE TECHNOLOGY, PATWEL GROUP,
INC., NEW ENGLAND SYSTEMS, MERRITT STAFFING, ACG
AND KELLY SERVICES
SHELTON, CONNECTICUT

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 6, 2018 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of BIC Corporation, a subsidiary of Société BIC, IT
Department, including on-site leased workers from Bridgetown
Computer, Grapevine Technology, PatWel Group, Inc., New
England Systems, Merritt Staffing, ACG and Kelly Services,
Shelton, Connecticut ("BIC IT Department"). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of stationery
products, lighters, and razors. The subject worker group
includes the supply of information technology support services
and general administrative oversight.
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 acquired from a foreign country a portion of the
supply of services like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by the workers of the subject firm which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at BIC IT
Department.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BIC Corporation, a
subsidiary of Société BIC, IT Department, including on-site
leased workers from Bridgetown Computer, Grapevine Technology,
PatWel Group, Inc., New England Systems, Merritt Staffing, ACG
and Kelly Services, Shelton, Connecticut, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of information technology
support services and general administrative oversight 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 BIC Corporation, a subsidiary of Société
BIC, IT Department, including on-site leased workers from
Bridgetown Computer, Grapevine Technology, PatWel Group,
Inc., New England Systems, Merritt Staffing, ACG and
Kelly Services, Shelton, Connecticut, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 5,
2017 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 25th day of June 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance