Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2013)
Federal Register Volume 78, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2013)
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Pages 49293-49295
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2013-19548
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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82,643................ Checkerboard Ltd, Saavy Staffing, West Boylston, MA.... April 9, 2012.
Coworx Staffing.
82,661................ McKechnie Vehicle Components USA, Newberry, SC......... April 16, 2012.
Inc., Newberry Operations, Roper
Personnel Services.
82,686................ Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated, Spokane Valley, WA... April 22, 2012.
Excluding Workers from Sykes
Enterprises, Client Support Acct
0225001.
82,783................ Gunderson, LLC, Greenbrier Portland, OR......... June 5, 2012.
Companies, Inc., Madden Industrial
Craftsmen Inc., Aerotek.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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82,739................ Navarre Corporation, Transactional New Hope, MN........ May 14, 2012.
Finance Group, Midwest Staffing.
82,778................ Energizer, Adecco.................... Westlake, OH........ June 3, 2012
82,805................ Citi, Corporate Finance for New York, NY........ June 11, 2012.
Operations & Technology, Corporate
Realty Services.
82,805A............... Citi, Corporate Finance for Fort Lauderdale, FL. June 11, 2012.
Operations & Technology, Corporate
Realty Services.
82,811................ Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Coppell, TX......... June 12, 2012.
Global Infrastructure Services
(GIS), GIS Service Excellence
Organization.
82,821................ National Underwriter Company (The), Erlanger, KY........ June 7, 2012.
Summit Business Media, Media
Production Department.
82,821A............... National Underwriter Company (The), Centennial, CO...... June 7, 2012.
Summit Business Media, Media
Production Department.
82,841................ TeleFlight Ltd, British Airways, Call Jacksonville, FL.... May 25, 2012.
Centre, Tech Systems.
82,861................ Firmenich, Inc....................... Port Newark, NJ..... June 26, 2012.
82,866................ Liquid Common Inc. DBA Table Tents, Albuquerque, NM..... July 1, 2012.
Excel Staffing Companies, Hubport
Group, Commercial Finance Group, etc.
82,886................ Chemtura Corporation, Information Middlebury, CT...... July 8, 2012.
Technology Division, Adecco.
82,888................ Resco Electronics LLC................ San Antonio, TX..... July 9, 2012.
82,905................ Philips Lighting Company, Lighting Bath, NY............ August 24, 2013.
Division, Adecco Employment Services.
82,910................ Thermtrol MGI Global LLC, Thermtrol Cary, IL............ July 8, 2012.
Corporation, Most Valuable Personnel.
82,915................ Micron Technology, Inc., Data Center Beaverton, OR....... July 9, 2012.
Solutions Division.
82,918................ Hartford Financial Services Group, Simsbury, CT........ July 18, 2012.
Inc., Corporate/IT/Consumer Markets.
82,919................ Hartford Financial Services Group, Windsor, CT......... July 18, 2012.
Inc., Operations, Commercial
Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale
Client Admin.
82,919A............... Hartford Financial Services Group, Overland Park, KS... July 18, 2012.
Inc., Operations, Commercial
Markets, Group Benefits, Pre-Sale
Client Admin.
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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.
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TA-W No. Subject firm Location Impact date
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82,421................ SuperMedia LLC, Publishing Ops. Div., Bensalem, PA.
Artists Group, SuperMedia Inc.,
Asec, etc.
82,548................ SuperMedia LLC, Client Care Division, Middleton, MA.
Advertising Group, SuperMedia Inc.,
TAC, etc.
82,611................ Mid-Atlantic Manufacturing & Rural Retreat, VA.
Hydraulics, Inc., Swanson
Industries, Manpower.
82,637................ Metal Processing International, L.P., Mission, TX.
Manpower, Staff Force Personnel
Services, Express Personnel.
82,651................ Anthem Workers Compensation, Costa Mesa, CA.
Wellpoint.
82,652................ American Air Filter.................. Lebanon, IN.
82,785................ Boeing Company (The), Shared Services Houston, TX.
Group, Sites Services.
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82,832................ Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Irving, TX.
Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley,
Saxon Funding Management, Inc.
82,832A............... Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., Saxon Fort Worth, TX.
Mortgage, Inc., Morgan Stanley,
Saxon Funding Management, Inc.
82,850................ Ozarks Area Community Action Springfield, MO.
Corporation, Weatherization Program.
82,874................ Setra of North America, Inc., Daimler Greensboro, NC.
Buses North America, Inc., Graham
Personnel Service.
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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.
FR Doc. 2013-19548 Filed 8-12-13; 8:45 am
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