DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,625

BLACK-FRYMER COMPANY, INC.
D/B/A NATIONAL PAYROLL ADVANCE
CAMBRIDGE, OHIO

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 December 9, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Black-Frymer Company, Inc., d/b/a National Payroll
Advance, Cambridge, Ohio. The workers provide loan services,
specifically processing the paperwork for individuals seeking small
loans to cover unexpected expenses in between pay periods.
The investigation revealed that the Black-Frymer Company,
Inc., d/b/a National Payroll Advance, Cambridge, Ohio, 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 loan service workers do not support a
firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not 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 Black-Frymer
Company, Inc., d/b/a National Payroll Advance, Cambridge, Ohio, 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 18th day of December 2008


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