DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,595

BRITISH TELECOM AMERICA
A SUBSIDIARY OF BT PLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER AND TECH
MAHINDRA
EL SEGUNDO, 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 March 2, 2010 on behalf of workers of British Telecom
America, a subsidiary of BT PLC, El Segundo, California. The
workers are engaged in employment related to business to
business network services. The petitioners allege that
separations are the result of outsourcing to India.
The workers are not separately identifiable by service
supplied. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Manpower and Team Mahindra.
The investigation revealed that workers of British Telecom
America, a subsidiary of BT PLC, El Segundo, California, who
are engaged in employment related to business to business
network services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated from the subject firm in 2009 when
compared with the corresponding 2008 period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of business
to business network services to the United Kingdom by British
Telecom America, a subsidiary of BT PLC, El Segundo,
California contributed importantly to worker group separations
at British Telecom America, a subsidiary of BT PLC, El
Segundo, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of British Telecom
America, a subsidiary of BT PLC, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower and Team Mahindra, El Segundo,
California, who are engaged in employment related to business to
business network 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 British Telecom America, a subsidiary of
BT PLC, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
and Team Mahindra, El Segundo, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 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 2nd day of July, 2010.


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