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TAW-72491  /  Commerce Energy, Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/02/2008
Filed Date: 10/05/2009
Most Recent Update: 11/02/2009
Determination Date: 11/02/2009
Expiration Date: 11/02/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,491

COMMERCE ENERGY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF JUST ENERGY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACCOUNTANTS INTERNATIONAL, CREDIT ALTERNATIVES, ROTH
STAFFING COMPANIES, L.P., ULTIMATE STAFFING SERVICES-
LEDGENT, PACIFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., ROBERT HALF
MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, SUPERIOR COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.,
TATUM CONTROLLER SERVICES, LLC, AND WIPRO LIMITED
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA

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. (Set forth in 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 October 5, 2009 on behalf of the workers of Commerce
Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Just Energy, Costa Mesa,
California (Commerce Energy, Inc.). The workers are engaged in
activities related to marketing and distribution services (i.e.
buying and selling gas and electricity, consulting, and
distributing gas and electricity). The workers are not
separately identifiable by services. The investigation also
revealed that the worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Accountants International, Credit Alternatives, Roth
Staffing Companies, L.P., Ultimate Staffing Services-Ledgent,
Pacific Management Systems, Inc., Robert Half Management
Resources, Superior Computer Services, Inc., Tatum Controller
Services, LLC, and Wipro Limited.
The investigation revealed that workers of Commerce Energy,
Inc., a subsidiary of Just Energy, including on-site leased
workers from Accountants International, Credit Alternatives,
Roth Staffing Companies, L.P., Ultimate Staffing Services-
Ledgent, Pacific Management Systems, Inc., Robert Half
Management Resources, Superior Computer Services, Inc., Tatum
Controller Services, LLC, and Wipro Limited, Costa Mesa,
California who are engaged in activities related to marketing
and distribution services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in a portion of the marketing and distribution services
by Commerce Energy, Inc. to Canada.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the marketing and distribution services by Commerce Energy,
Inc. to Canada contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Commerce Energy, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Commerce Energy,
Inc., a subsidiary of Just Energy, including on-site leased
workers from Accountants International, Credit Alternatives,
Roth Staffing Companies, L.P., Ultimate Staffing Services-
Ledgent, Pacific Management Systems, Inc., Robert Half
Management Resources, Superior Computer Services, Inc., Tatum
Controller Services, LLC, and Wipro Limited, Costa Mesa,
California, who are engaged in activities related to marketing
and distribution 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 Commerce Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of
Just Energy, including on-site leased workers from
Accountants International, Credit Alternatives, Roth
Staffing Companies, L.P., Ultimate Staffing Services-
Ledgent, Pacific Management Systems, Inc., Robert Half
Management Resources, Superior Computer Services, Inc.,
Tatum Controller Services, LLC, and Wipro Limited, Costa
Mesa, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 2, 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 2nd day of November, 2009


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