DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-96,032


IDL TECHNIEDGE LLC

A SUBSIDIARY OF STANLEY BLACK & DECKER

KENILWORTH, 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 July 2, 2020 by a company official on behalf of workers
of IDL Techniedge LLC, a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker,
Kenilworth, New Jersey (IDL Techniedge-Kenilworth). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of hand
tools, power tools, and related accessories.

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 IDL Techniedge-Kenilworth
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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at IDL Techniedge-Kenilworth.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IDL Techniedge-
Kenilworth 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 IDL Techniedge LLC, a subsidiary of Stanley
Black & Decker, Kenilworth, New Jersey, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 1,
2019 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