Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 10/14/2008
Filed Date: 11/05/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/11/2010
Determination Date: 03/11/2010
Expiration Date: 03/11/2012
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,774
CRH NORTH AMERICA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE
AND GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES
WARREN, MICHIGAN
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on March 11, 2010, applicable to workers
of CRH North America Inc., including on-site leased workers
from KForce, Warren, Michigan. The notice was published in
the Federal Register April 23, 2010 (75 FR 21356).
At the request of the State Agency, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
The workers are engaged in activities related to research,
development, and administrative services (i.e. accounting,
purchasing, and sales services).
The company reports that workers leased from Global
Technology Associates were employed on-site at the Warren,
Michigan location of CRH North America Inc. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Global Technology
Associates working on-site at the Warren, Michigan location of
CRH North America Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,774 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of CRH North America Inc., including on-site
leased workers from KForce and Global Technology
Associates, Warren, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 14,
2008, through March 11, 2012, 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 28th day of June 2010
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,774
CRH NORTH AMERICA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE
WARREN, MICHIGAN
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 November 5, 2009 by a State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of CRH North America Inc., Warren, Michigan
(CRH North America Inc.). The workers are engaged in activities
related to research, development, and administrative services
(i.e. accounting, purchasing, and sales services). The workers
supply research, development, and administrative services to an
affiliated manufacturing site. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from KForce.
The investigation revealed that workers of CRH North
America Inc., including on-site leased workers from KForce,
Warren, Michigan who are engaged in employment related to
research, development, and administrative services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the workers’ firm have become totally
or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers firm
has shifted to a foreign country a supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of research,
development, and administrative services to Mexico by CRH
North America Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at CRH North America Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CRH North America
Inc., including on-site leased workers from KForce, Warren,
Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to research,
development, 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 CRH North America Inc., including on-site
leased workers from KForce, Warren, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 14, 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 11th day of March 2010
/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,774
CRH NORTH AMERICA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE
AND GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES
WARREN, MICHIGAN
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on March 11, 2010, applicable to workers
of CRH North America Inc., including on-site leased workers
from KForce, Warren, Michigan. The notice was published in
the Federal Register April 23, 2010 (75 FR 21356).
At the request of the State Agency, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
The workers are engaged in activities related to research,
development, and administrative services (i.e. accounting,
purchasing, and sales services).
The company reports that workers leased from Global
Technology Associates were employed on-site at the Warren,
Michigan location of CRH North America Inc. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Global Technology
Associates working on-site at the Warren, Michigan location of
CRH North America Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-72,774 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of CRH North America Inc., including on-site
leased workers from KForce and Global Technology
Associates, Warren, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 14,
2008, through March 11, 2012, 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 28th day of June 2010
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,774
CRH NORTH AMERICA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE
WARREN, MICHIGAN
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 November 5, 2009 by a State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of CRH North America Inc., Warren, Michigan
(CRH North America Inc.). The workers are engaged in activities
related to research, development, and administrative services
(i.e. accounting, purchasing, and sales services). The workers
supply research, development, and administrative services to an
affiliated manufacturing site. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from KForce.
The investigation revealed that workers of CRH North
America Inc., including on-site leased workers from KForce,
Warren, Michigan who are engaged in employment related to
research, development, and administrative services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the workers’ firm have become totally
or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers firm
has shifted to a foreign country a supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of research,
development, and administrative services to Mexico by CRH
North America Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at CRH North America Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CRH North America
Inc., including on-site leased workers from KForce, Warren,
Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to research,
development, 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 CRH North America Inc., including on-site
leased workers from KForce, Warren, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 14, 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 11th day of March 2010
/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance