DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,266

TNS CUSTOM RESEARCH, INC.
CODING AND ENTRY SERVICES DIVISION
NORTHWOOD, OHIO

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 petition
filed on September 10, 2009 by three workers on behalf of
workers of TNS Custom Research, Inc., Coding and Entry Services
Division, Northwood, Ohio. The workers provide clerical
services including data entry, quality checks, questionnaire
design, coding, data cleaning, layouts and data maps, and
audio transcription.
The investigation revealed that workers of TNS Custom
Research, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
clerical services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period, and
future separations are expected.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of clerical
services to India by TNS Custom Research, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker group separations at TNS Custom
Research, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TNS Custom Research,
Inc., Coding and Entry Services Division, Northwood, Ohio, who
are engaged in employment related to clerical services 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 TNS Custom Research, Inc., Coding and
Entry Services Division, Northwood, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 28, 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 29th day of January, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance