DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,630

ELITE COMFORT SOLUTIONS LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TEC STAFFING SERVICES AND WORKSOURCE INC.
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS


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 31, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of former workers of Elite Comfort Solutions LLC, Fort Smith,
Arkansas (Elite). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of mattresses. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from TEC Staffing Services and
WorkSource, Inc.
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 Elite Comfort Solutions LLC. That firm was
publicly identified by name by the ITC 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Elite, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of mattresses,
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 Elite Comfort Solutions LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Tec Staffing Services and
WorkSource, Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas, who became totally
or partially separated from 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 3rd day of June 2020.

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