DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,007

SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
SIDNEY, OHIO


Negative Determination 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 Public
Agency under Section 222(b) Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the public agency have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) the public agency has acquired from a foreign country
services like or directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) the acquisition of services described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 12, 2009 by the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME Council), Local 1281 on
behalf of workers of Shelby County Department of Jobs and
Family Services, Sidney, Ohio. The workers were engaged in
employment related to the supply of social services to the
residents of Shelby County, Ohio.
The petitioner alleges that the outsourcing of jobs from
the State of Ohio has resulted in a loss of state tax revenue
and this contributed to worker separations at Shelby County
Department of Job and Family Services, Sidney, Ohio.
The investigation included telephone conversations with the
Shelby Country Department Job and Family Services official and
email correspondence with that public agency official.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met because the public agency did not acquire any services from
a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shelby County
Department of Job and Family Services, Sidney, Ohio who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of social services
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of February, 2010

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance