DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-96,042


CHICK MASTER INCUBATOR COMPANY

INTERNATIONAL HATCHERY HOLDINGS GROUP

A SUBSIDIARY OF TBG

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

INTEGRITY STAFFING AND EMPLOYTEMPS

MEDINA, OHIO



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 8, 2020 by state workforce official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Chick Master Incubator Company,
International Hatchery Holdings Group, a subsidiary of TBG,
including on-site leased workers from Integrity Staffing and
Employtemps, Medina, Ohio (Chick Master-Medina). The workers’ firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of poultry
hatchery equipment, such as incubators.

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 Chick Master-Medina 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
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Chick Master-Medina.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chick Master-Medina,
who are engaged in activities related to the production poultry
hatchery equipment, 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 Chick Master Incubator Company, International
Hatchery Holdings Group, a subsidiary of TBG, including on-
site leased workers from Integrity Staffing and Employtemps,
Medina, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 7, 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