DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,133

SCHMIDT'S DEODORANT COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BEGIN RIGHT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES,
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS,
CARTER RECRUITING AND STAFFING LLC, AND EXPERIS US
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 September 14, 2018 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Schmidt's Deodorant Company, LLC,
Portland, Oregon ("Schmidt's Deodorant Company, LLC"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of deodorant sticks and jars for cosmetic use. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Begin Right
Employment Services, Express Employment Professionals, Carter
Recruiting and Staffing LLC, and Experis US.
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 Schmidt's Deodorant Company, LLC.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schmidt's Deodorant
Company, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Begin
Right Employment Services, Express Employment Professionals,
Carter Recruiting and Staffing LLC, and Experis US, Portland,
Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of deodorant sticks and jars for cosmetic use 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 Schmidt's Deodorant Company, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Begin Right
Employment Services, Express Employment Professionals,
Carter Recruiting and Staffing LLC, and Experis US,
Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 13, 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 18th day of October 2018.

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