DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,420

CORE HEALTH & FITNESS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WORKFORCE UNLIMITED, THE RESERVE NETWORK AND @WORK PERSONNEL
INDEPENDENCE, 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 December 21, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Core Health & Fitness, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Workforce Unlimited, The Reserve Network
and @Work Personnel, Independence, Virginia. The worker group
is engaged in the production of commercial exercise equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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 a like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Core Health & Fitness, LLC, Independence,
Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Core Health &
Fitness, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Workforce
Unlimited, The Reserve Network and @Work Personnel,
Independence, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of commercial exercise equipment, 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 Core Health & Fitness, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Workforce Unlimited, The Reserve
Network and @Work Personnel, Independence, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 20, 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 2nd day of January 2019.

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