2013-10111. Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA-W) number issued during the period of April 1, 2013 through April 5, 2013.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:

(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) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and

(3) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;

(B) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;

(C) imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;

(D) imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and

(4) the increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or

II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:

(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) One of the following must be satisfied:

(A) 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;

(B) 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

(3) the shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in public agencies and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must be met.

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and

(3) the acquisition of services contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary workers of a firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(c) of the Act must be met.

(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either—

(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be 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 (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)(1), the 1-year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).

Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been issued. The date following the company name and location of each determination references the impact date for all workers of such determination.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(A) (increased imports) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,411	FPL Food, LLC	Augusta, GA	February 4, 2012.
82,482	ArcelorMittal Georgetown, SC, Arcelormittal, USA	Georgetown, SC	February 19, 2012.
82,492	Creation Technologies Kentucky, Inc., Manpower and Kelly Services	Lexington, KY	February 21, 2012.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,221	Plexus Corporation, Neenah Operations, Kelly Services, Inc	Neenah, WI	December 5, 2011.
82,344	The Wm. Powell Company, Foundry Division	Cincinnati, OH	January 3, 2012.
82,448	Parker School Uniforms, LLC, Robert Half International, Inc. and Link Staffing Services	Houston, TX	February 11, 2012.
82,456	NXP Semiconductors, Sales Support Team, Randstad General Partner LLC and Targetcw	Cary, NC	February 12, 2012.
82,486	L & W Supply, Inc., USG Corporation, Accounts Payable & Receivable Division	Pico Rivera, CA	February 20, 2012.
82,506	Experian, Experian Healthcare, (etc.) Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Austin, TX	February 26, 2012.
82,506A	Experian, Information Technology & Operations, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Allen, TX	February 26, 2012.
82,506B	Experian, Information Technology & Operations, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Allen, TX	February 26, 2012.
82,506C	Experian, Business Information Services, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Atlanta, GA	February 26, 2012.
82,506D	Experian, QAS (Experian Marketing Services), etc., Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Boston, MA	February 26, 2012.
82,506E	Experian, Decision Analytics, (formerly Baker Hill), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Carmel, IN	February 26, 2012.
82,506F	Experian, Experian U.S. Headquarters: (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Costa Mesa, CA	February 26, 2012.
82,506G	Experian, Experian Consumer Direct (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Costa Mesa, CA	February 26, 2012.
82,506H	Experian, Marketing Services, Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	El Segundo, CA	February 26, 2012.
82,506I	Experian, Marketswitch (Decision Analytics), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Herndon, VA	February 26, 2012.
82,506J	Experian, Experian Healthcare, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Maple Groove, MN	February 26, 2012.
82,506K	Experian, Marketing Services, Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	New York, NY	February 26, 2012.
82,506L	Experian, Global Product & Technology Services, etc., Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	New York, NY	February 26, 2012.
82,506M	Experian, Experian Marketing Services, Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	New York, NY	February 26, 2012.
82,506N	Experian, Credit Services, Marketing Services, Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Parsippany, NJ	February 26, 2012.
82,506O	Experian, Experian Healthcare, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Plymouth, MA	February 26, 2012.
82,506P	Experian, Experian Healthcare, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	San Antonio, TX	February 26, 2012.
82,506Q	Experian, Fraud Solutions, Decision Analytics, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	San Diego, CA	February 26, 2012.
82,506R	Experian, Credit Services, Experian Automotive, (etc.), Tapfin, Manpower and Experis	Schaumburg, IL	February 26, 2012.
82,508	JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, Commercial Banking Loan Operation	Louisville, KY	February 27, 2012.
82,536	IBM Corporation, Systems Operations Division	Boulder, CO	March 5, 2012.
82,537	Monta Vista Software, LLC, Cavium, Inc	Arlington, TX	March 5, 2012.
82,537A	Monta Vista Software, LLC, Cavium, Inc	San Jose, CA	March 5, 2012.
82,537B	Monta Vista Software, LLC, Cavium, Inc	Tempe, AZ	March 5, 2012.
82,557	Ericsson Inc., Wireline Network Ops Building Maintenance (etc.), J.M. Neil and Associates	Overland Park, KS	March 12, 2012.
82,557A	Ericsson Inc., Network Platforms Group	Overland Park, KS	March 12, 2012.
82,590	Cinram Wireless LLC, Cinram International/Cinram U.S. Holdings, Onin Staffing, etc	Fort Worth, TX	March 12, 2012.
82,617	YP Southeast Advertising & Publishing LLC, YP Holdings LLC, Insight Global, Inc., Collabera, Epitec, etc	Tucker, GA	March 27, 2012.

The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(c) (supplier to a firm whose workers are certified eligible to apply for TAA) of the Trade Act have been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,373	Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., BARR, Rumpca, G4S, First Class Mill, North American Refractory, etc	Saint Paul, MN	January 25, 2012.

Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met for the reasons specified.

The investigation revealed that the criterion under paragraph (a)(1), or (b)(1), or (c)(1) (employment decline or threat of separation) of section 222 has not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,491	Allstate Insurance Company, Customer Enterprise Services, Policy Processing Service, Kelly Services	Roanoke, VA

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of April 1, 2013 through April 5, 2013. These determinations are available on the Department's Web site tradeact/taa/taa_search_form.cfm under the searchable listing of determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888-365-6822.

Dated: April 9, 2013.

Elliott S. Kushner,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.