DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,035

ADIDAS AMERICA INC.
FINANCE/EXPENSE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ADIDAS AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
APEX SYSTEMS, TEK SYSTEMS, INSIGHT GLOBAL, KFORCE,
BEACON HILL, MANPOWER, RANDSTAD, MS-IL, TFE, ADECCO,
FIND GREAT PEOPLE, 24 SEVEN, MATHY & PATESTIO, CREATIVE
CIRCLE, AQUENT, RICOH, ISS AND SECURITAS
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 August 2, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Adidas Ameirica Inc., Finance/Expense Management
Department, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adidas AG, Portland,
Oregon. The subject worker group is in engaged in activities
related to the supply of expense management services.
The worker groups include on-site leased/temporary workers
from Apex Systems, Tek Systems, Insight Global, Kforce, Beacon
Hill, Manpower, Randstad, MS-IL, TFE, Adecco, Find Great
People, 24 Seven, Mathy & Patestio, Creative Circle, Aquent,
Ricoh, ISS and Securitas.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition/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 services like or directly
competitive with the expense management services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Adidas Ameirica Inc., Finance/Expense
Management Department, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adidas AG,
Portland, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Adidas Ameirica Inc.,
Finance/Expense Management Department, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Adidas AG, Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of expense management services
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 Adidas America Inc., Finance/Expense
Management Department, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Adidas AG, including on-site leased workers from Apex
Systems, Tek Systems, Insight Global, Kforce, Beacon
Hill, Manpower, Randstad, MS-IL, TFE, Adecco, Find Great
People, 24 Seven, Mathy & Patestio, Creative Circle,
Aquent, Ricoh, ISS and Securitas, Portland, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 1, 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 21st day of October 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance