2013-19548. 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 July 22, 2013 through July 26, 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
82,643	Checkerboard Ltd, Saavy Staffing, Coworx Staffing	West Boylston, MA	April 9, 2012.
82,661	McKechnie Vehicle Components USA, Inc., Newberry Operations, Roper Personnel Services	Newberry, SC	April 16, 2012.
82,686	Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, Excluding Workers from Sykes Enterprises, Client Support Acct #0225001	Spokane Valley, WA	April 22, 2012.
82,783	Gunderson, LLC, Greenbrier Companies, Inc., Madden Industrial Craftsmen Inc., Aerotek	Portland, OR	June 5, 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
82,739	Navarre Corporation, Transactional Finance Group, Midwest Staffing	New Hope, MN	May 14, 2012.
82,778	Energizer, Adecco	Westlake, OH	June 3, 2012
82,805	Citi, Corporate Finance for Operations & Technology, Corporate Realty Services	New York, NY	June 11, 2012.
82,805A	Citi, Corporate Finance for Operations & Technology, Corporate Realty Services	Fort Lauderdale, FL	June 11, 2012.
82,811	Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Global Infrastructure Services (GIS), GIS Service Excellence Organization	Coppell, TX	June 12, 2012.
82,821	National Underwriter Company (The), Summit Business Media, Media Production Department	Erlanger, KY	June 7, 2012.
82,821A	National Underwriter Company (The), Summit Business Media, Media Production Department	Centennial, CO	June 7, 2012.
82,841	TeleFlight Ltd, British Airways, Call Centre, Tech Systems	Jacksonville, FL	May 25, 2012.
82,861	Firmenich, Inc	Port Newark, NJ	June 26, 2012.
82,866	Liquid Common Inc. DBA Table Tents, Excel Staffing Companies, Hubport Group, Commercial Finance Group, etc	Albuquerque, NM	July 1, 2012.
82,886	Chemtura Corporation, Information Technology Division, Adecco	Middlebury, CT	July 8, 2012.
82,888	Resco Electronics LLC	San Antonio, TX	July 9, 2012.
82,905	Philips Lighting Company, Lighting Division, Adecco Employment Services	Bath, NY	August 24, 2013.
82,910	Thermtrol MGI Global LLC, Thermtrol Corporation, Most Valuable Personnel	Cary, IL	July 8, 2012.
82,915	Micron Technology, Inc., Data Center Solutions Division	Beaverton, OR	July 9, 2012.
82,918	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Corporate/IT/Consumer Markets	Simsbury, CT	July 18, 2012.
82,919	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations, Commercial Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale Client Admin	Windsor, CT	July 18, 2012.
82,919A	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations, Commercial Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale Client Admin	Overland Park, KS	July 18, 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 criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.

TA-W No.	Subject firm	Location	Impact date
82,421	SuperMedia LLC, Publishing Ops. Div., Artists Group, SuperMedia Inc., Asec, etc	Bensalem, PA.
82,548	SuperMedia LLC, Client Care Division, Advertising Group, SuperMedia Inc., TAC, etc	Middleton, MA.
82,611	Mid-Atlantic Manufacturing & Hydraulics, Inc., Swanson Industries, Manpower	Rural Retreat, VA.
82,637	Metal Processing International, L.P., Manpower, Staff Force Personnel Services, Express Personnel	Mission, TX.
82,651	Anthem Workers Compensation, Wellpoint	Costa Mesa, CA.
82,652	American Air Filter	Lebanon, IN.
82,785	Boeing Company (The), Shared Services Group, Sites Services	Houston, TX.
82,832	Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Saxon Funding Management, Inc	Irving, TX.
82,832A	Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley, Saxon Funding Management, Inc	Fort Worth, TX.
82,850	Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation, Weatherization Program	Springfield, MO.
82,874	Setra of North America, Inc., Daimler Buses North America, Inc., Graham Personnel Service	Greensboro, NC.

I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of July 22, 2013 through July 26, 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.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of August 2013.

Michael W. Jaffe,

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.