DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-95,420


BED, BATH & BEYOND, INC.

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS GROUP

UNION, 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 November 26, 2019 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers and former workers of Bed, Bath & Beyond,
Inc., Corporate Headquarters, Financial Operations Group, Union,
New Jersey (Bed, Bath & Beyond/Financial Operations-Union).
Workers of Bed, Bath & Beyond/Financial Operations-Union are
engaged in activities related to the supply of financial support
services. The subject worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers’ firm, and other
sources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Bed, Bath &
Beyond/Financial Operations-Union 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 financial support services
supplied by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Bed, Bath & Beyond/Financial
Operations-Union.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bed, Bath &
Beyond/Financial Operations-Union 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 Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc., Corporate
Headquarters, Financial Operations Group, Union, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 21, 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 28th day of December, 2020





/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance