DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,737

LAMONT LIMITED
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF STEPHEN A. FAUSEL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TEMP ASSOCIATES AND QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP
BURLINGTON, IOWA

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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 18, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of LaMont Limited, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Stephen A. Fausel, Burlington, Iowa (LaMont
Limited). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of hampers and waste baskets. The workers are not
separately identifiable by articles produced by the firm.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Temp
Associates and QPS Employment Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm and the firm's
major declining customer(s).
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hampers and waste baskets produced by
LaMont Limited have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
hampers and waste baskets produced by LaMont Limited have
increased during the relevant period when compared to the
representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at LaMont Limited.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LaMont Limited, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of hampers and
waste baskets, 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 LaMont Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Stephen A. Fausel, including on-site leased workers from
Temp Associates and QPS Employment Group, Burlington, Iowa,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 17, 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 25th day of June 2019.

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