DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,679

LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC.
FINANCE DIVISION
NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY

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 10, 2010 on behalf of workers of Liz Claiborne,
Inc., Finance Division, North Bergen, New Jersey (hereinafter
Liz Claiborne, Inc., Finance Division). The workers supply
accounts receivable, accounts payable and return/billing
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Liz Claiborne,
Inc., Finance Division, who supply accounts receivable,
accounts payable and return/billing services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
accounts receivable, accounts payable and return/billing
services from India by Liz Claiborne, Inc., Finance Division
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
North Bergen, New Jersey facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Liz Claiborne, Inc.,
Finance Division, North Bergen, New Jersey, who supply
accounts receivable, accounts payable and return/billing
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 Liz Claiborne, Inc., Finance Division,
North Bergen, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 18, 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 28th day of July, 2010.

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