DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,567

ACCORDIS INC.
CHICAGO SERVICE CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZAVATA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on December 8, 2006, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Accordis Inc.,
Chicago Service Center, a subsidiary of Zavata, Chicago, Illinois.
Workers are employed at a call center engaged in medical billing
and collection activities.
The investigation revealed that Accordis Inc., Chicago Service
Center, a subsidiary of Zavata, Chicago, Illinois, does not produce
an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In
order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group
seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is being
sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article and there must be a relationship between the
workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The workers at the subject firm that are
engaged in medical billing and collection activities do not produce
a product nor support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group cannot
be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.









Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Accordis Inc.,
Chicago Service Center, a subsidiary of Zavata, Chicago, Illinois,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 21st day of December 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance