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TAW-73420  /  Alticor, Inc. (Buena Park, CA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/01/2009
Filed Date: 02/03/2010
Most Recent Update: 04/12/2010
Determination Date: 04/12/2010
Expiration Date: 04/12/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,420A

ALTICOR, INC.
INCLUDING
ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
AND AMWAY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
OTTERBASE, MANPOWER, KFORCE AND ROBERT HALF
ADA, 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 April 12, 2010, applicable to workers of Alticor,
Inc., including Access Business Group International, LLC and
Amway Corporation. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 12, 2010 (75 FR 26794-26795).
At the request of the Company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are
engaged in activities related to financial and procurement.
The company reports that workers leased from Otterbase,
Manpower, Kforce and Robert Half were employed on-site at the
Ada, Michigan location of Alticor, Inc., including Access
Business Group International, LLC and Amway Corporation. 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 Otterbase, Manpower,
Kforce and Robert Half working on-site at the Ada, Michigan
location of Alticor, Inc., including Access Business Group
International, LLC and Amway Corporation.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,420A is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Alticor, Inc., including Access
Business Group International, LLC and Amway
Corporation, Buena Park, California, (TA-W-73-420) and
Alticor, Inc., including Access Business Group
International, LLC and Amway Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Otterbase, Manpower, Kforce
and Robert Half, Ada, Michigan, (TA-W-73-420A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 1, 2009, through April 28, 2012,
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 at Washington, D.C. this 24th day of May 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-73,420

ALTICOR, INC.
INCLUDING
ACCESS BUSINESS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLC AND AMWAY CORPORATION
BUENA PARK, 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. 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 February 3, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Alticor, Inc., including Access Business Group
International LLC and Amway Corporation, Buena Park, California
(Alticor). The workers are engaged in activities related to
financial and procurement services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alticor who are
engaged in activities related to financial and procurement
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers’ firm is
in the process of shifting to Costa Rica the provision of
services like or directly competitive with the services provided
by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of financial
and procurement services to an affiliated foreign supplier by
Alticor will contribute importantly to worker group separations
at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alticor, Inc.,
including Access Business Group International LLC and Amway
Corporation, Buena Park, California, who are engaged in
activities related to financial and procurement 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 Alticor, Inc., including Access Business
Group International LLC and Amway Corporation, Buena Park,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 1, 2009, 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 13th day of April, 2010


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





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