DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,893

ENCOMPASS GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WORKFORCE
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
HUDSON INDUSTRIES
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

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 15, 2018 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Encompass Group LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Workforce, including workers whose wages were
reported under Hudson Industries, Richmond, Virginia ("Encompass
Group LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of wheel chairs cushions, therapeutic support
surfaces, patient positioners, overlays, beanbags and pillows.
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 Encompass Group LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Encompass Group LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Workforce, including
workers whose wages were reported under Hudson Industries,
Richmond, Virginia , who are engaged in activities related to
the production of wheel chairs cushions, therapeutic support
surfaces, patient positioners, overlays, beanbags and pillows
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 Encompass Group LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Workforce, including workers whose
wages were reported under Hudson Industries, Richmond,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 14, 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 26th day of June 2018.

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