DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,504

JTEKT NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK AND AEROTEK
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 December 23, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of JTEKT North America, Orangeburg,
South Carolina (JTEKT). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of single-row taper roller
bearings (TRB) used primarily in automotive light vehicle axles
and transmissions. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Staffmark and Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in JTEKT 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 TRB produced by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at JTEKT.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JTEKT, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of TRB, 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 JTEKT North America, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark and Aerotek, Orangeburg,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 20, 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 4th day of February 2020.

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