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TAW-64074  /  First Insight Corporation (Hillsboro, OR)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 09/18/2008
Most Recent Update: 09/22/2008
Determination Date: 09/22/2008
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,074

FIRST INSIGHT CORPORATION
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT
HILLSBORO, OREGON

Negative Determination 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 September 18, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the
workers of First Insight Corporation, Customer Service Department,
Hillsboro, Oregon. The workers provided telephone and online
customer service by taking new orders and providing existing
customers with information regarding product upgrades. Some of the
work involved coordinating activities done abroad.
The investigation revealed that First Insight Corporation,
Customer Service Department, Hillsboro, Oregon, does not produce
and 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 domestically and there must be a relationship
between the workers' work and the article produced by the workers'
firm or appropriate subdivision. The customer support workers do
not 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.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did not
separate or threaten to separate a significant number or proportion
of workers as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. A
significant number is three workers in a firm of less than 50
workers. Furthermore, employment at the subject firm is currently
greater than the previous year and a threat of separation is not
imminent.
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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of First Insight
Corporation, Customer Service Department, Hillsboro, Oregon 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of September 2008

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance