DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,011

RIVULIS IRRIGATION, INC.
A SUBDIVISION OF RIVULIS IRRIGATION, LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND
AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL, INC.
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA

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 26, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Rivulis Irrigation, Inc., a subdivision of Rivulis Irrigation,
Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals and Ambassador Personnel, Inc., Valdosta, Georgia
("Rivulis Irrigation"). The worker group is also comprised of
remote workers reporting from Florida. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of irrigation
tapes and hose lines.
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 an article
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rivulis Irrigation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rivulis Irrigation,
Inc., a subdivision of Rivulis Irrigation, Ltd., including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals and
Ambassador Personnel, Inc., Valdosta, Georgia, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of irrigation tapes and
hose lines 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 Rivulis Irrigation, Inc., a subdivision of
Rivulis Irrigation, Ltd., including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals and Ambassador
Personnel, Inc., Valdosta, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 25,
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 27th day of September 2018.

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