DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,620

BRAND SCIENCE LLC
DANDRIDGE, TENNESSEE

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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Brand Science LLC, Dandridge, Tennessee. The workers are
engaged in activities related to operations and administrative
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Brand Science, who
are engaged in employment related to operations and
administrative services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion of
workers have been separated or are threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Brand Science has acquired
from China services like or directly competitive with the
operations and administrative services supplied by the workers'
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
operations and administrative services from a foreign country has
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Dandridge. Tennessee facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brand Science LLC,
Dandridge, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to
operations and administrative 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 Brand Science LLC, Dandridge, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 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 the 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 30th day of December, 2009

/S/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance