DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,511

MANNATECH, INC.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
COPPELL, TEXAS

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 November 21, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by workers of Mannatech, Inc.,
Information Technology Department, Coppell, Texas. The workers
were engaged in web developing and informational technology
services.
The investigation revealed that Mannatech, Inc., Information
Technology Department, Coppell, Texas 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 workers of the Information Technology
Department 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.
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 Mannatech, Inc.,
Information Technology Department, Coppell, Texas 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 14th day of January 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance