DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,449

THE NIELSEN COMPANY
FEATURES CODING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO STAFFING
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) 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; OR
(i)(II) 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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a worker
petition filed on June 29, 2009 on behalf of workers of The
Nielsen Company, Features Coding Department, Omaha, Nebraska.
The workers are engaged in features coding, a service related
to the production of newspapers. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Adecco Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Nielsen
Company, Features Coding Department, who are engaged in
employment related to features coding meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the services like or directly
competitive with those provided by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of features coding to India by The Nielsen Company,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at The
Nielsen Company, Features Coding Department, Omaha, Nebraska.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Nielsen Company,
Features Coding Department, Omaha, Nebraska, who are engaged in
employment related to features coding meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of The Nielsen Company, Features Coding
Department, including on-site leased workers from Adecco
Staffing, Omaha, Nebraska, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 19, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of December, 2009

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