TAW-95627 / Comfort Holding, LLC operating as Innocor, Inc. (West Chicago, IL)
Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/12/2018
Filed Date: 01/30/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/12/2020
Determination Date: 03/12/2020
Expiration Date: 12/12/2020
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,627
COMFORT HOLDING, LLC OPERATING AS INNOCOR, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BCPE INCR HOLDING INC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ONIN STAFFING AND ELITE STAFFING
WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 30, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Comfort Holding, LLC operating as Innocor,
Inc., a subsidiary of BCPE INCR Holding Inc, including on-site
leased workers from Onin Staffing and Elite Staffing, West
Chicago, Illinois ("Innocor"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of polyurethane foam
products, which are used in the bedding industry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
The investigation revealed that on December 12, 2019, the
International Trade Commission ("ITC") found that an industry
in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports
of mattresses from China. A petition has been filed on behalf
of workers of Innocor. That firm was publicly identified by
name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on December 12, 2019, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification. Worker separations
have occurred as well.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Comfort Holding, LLC
operating as Innocor, Inc., a subsidiary of BCPE INCR Holding
Inc, including on-site leased workers from Onin Staffing and
Elite Staffing, West Chicago, Illinois, engaged in activities
related to the production of polyurethane foam products, meet
the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Comfort Holding, LLC operating as Innocor,
Inc., a subsidiary of BCPE INCR Holding Inc, including
on-site leased workers from Onin Staffing and Elite
Staffing, West Chicago, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from that employment on or after
December 12, 2018, through December 12, 2020, 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 12th day of March 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance