DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,018

FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PENMAC, SYNERGY HR, AND PEOPLELINK
HARRISON, ARKANSAS

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, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Flexsteel Industries, Inc.,
Harrison, Arkansas (Flexsteel-Harrison). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of furniture.
The worker group includes workers at the Harrison, Arkansas
campus (608 Hwy 62 & 65 North, Harrison, Arkansas and 701 Hwy 62
& 65 North, Harrison, Arkansas) and includes on-site leased
workers from Penmac, Synergy HR, and PeopleLink.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Flexsteel-Harrison 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 subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Flexsteel-Harrison.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flexsteel-Harrison,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
furniture, 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 Flexsteel Industries, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Penmac, Synergy HR, and
PeopleLink, Harrison, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 25,
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 20th day of August 2019.

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