DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,465

AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FLUIDRA USA LLC,
A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. POOL HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
JOB CONNECTION SERVICES, INC., EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS,
AND ENGINEERING RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
CEDAR GROVE, NEW JERSEY


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 January 17, 2019 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf
of workers of Aqua Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Fluidra USA
LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. Pool Holdings, Inc., Cedar Grove, New
Jersey (Aqua Products). The workers' firm was engaged in
activities related to the production of robotic pool cleaners.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Job Connection Services, Inc., Express Employment
Professionals, and Engineering Resources Group, Inc.
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 Aqua Products 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 the production of a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the robotic pool cleaners
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Aqua Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aqua Products, who
are/were engaged in activities related to the production of
robotic pool cleaners, 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 Aqua Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Fluidra
USA LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. Pool Holdings, Inc.,
including on-site on leased workers from Job Connections
Services, Inc., Express Employment Professionals, and
Engineering Resources Group, Inc., Cedar Grove, New Jersey,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 16, 2018 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 14th day of February 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance