DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,363

99 CENTS ONLY STORES
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF NUMBER HOLDINGS INC.
CORPORATE SUPPORT CENTER
COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA


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 November 8, 2019 by the State of California on behalf
of former and current workers of 99 Cents Only Store, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Number Holdings, Inc., Corporate Support
Center, Commerce, California (99 Cents Only Store-Corporate
Support Center). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of price-point retailing services. Workers
of 99 Cents Only Store-Corporate Support Center are engaged in
activities related to the supply of corporate support center
services. The subject worker group (99 Cents Only Store-
Corporate Support Center) does not include on-site leased
workers.
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 99 Cents Only Store-
Corporate Support Center 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 supply of services
like or directly competitive with the corporate support center
services supplied by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at99 Cents Only Store-
Corporate Support Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 99 Cents Only Store-
Corporate Support Center, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of corporate support center 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 99 Cents Only Store, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Number Holdings, Inc., Corporate Support
Center, Commerce, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 6,
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 10th day of February 2020.

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