DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,570

MICHAELS STORES, INC.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OFFICE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TATA CONSULTING SERVICES
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS

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 October 13, 2009 on behalf of workers of Michaels
Stores, Inc., Accounts Payable Office, Grand Prairie, Texas.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Tata
Consulting Services. The workers supply accounts payable
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Michaels Stores,
Inc., Accounts Payable Office, Grand Prairie, Texas, who
supply accounts payable services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at Michaels Stores, Inc., Accounts Payable
Office, Grand Prairie, Texas, was separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive to those supplied by Michaels Stores, Inc.,
Accounts Payable Office, Grand Prairie, Texas.
Criterion III has been met because acquisition of
accounts payable services from India contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Michaels Stores, Inc., Accounts
Payable Office, Grand Prairie, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Michaels Stores,
Inc., Accounts Payable Office, including on-site leased
workers from Tata Consulting Services, Grand Prairie, Texas,
who supply accounts payable 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 Michaels Stores, Inc., Accounts Payable
Office, including on-site leased workers from Tata
Consulting Services, Grand Prairie, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 5, 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 14th day of May, 2010


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