DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,878

HNTB CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HNTB HOLDING, LTD.
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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 April 8, 2010 on behalf of workers of HNTB
Corporation, a subsidiary of HNTB Holding, Accounting
Department, Kansas City, Missouri (hereinafter referred to as
HNTB Corporation, Accounting Department). The workers supply
accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll processing
for architectural/landscaping design services, and are not
separately identifiable by service supplied.
The investigation revealed that workers of HNTB
Corporation, Accounting Department, who supply accounts
receivable, accounts payable and payroll processing services,
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at HNTB Corporation, Accounting
Department has been totally or partially separated, or
threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because HNTB Corporation,
Accounting Department has acquired from a foreign country
services like or directly competitive with the services
supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll processing
services from India contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Kansas City, Missouri facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HNTB Corporation, a
subsidiary of HNTB Holding, Accounting Department, Kansas
City, Missouri, who supply accounts receivable, accounts
payable and payroll processing 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 HNTB Corporation, a subsidiary of HNTB
Holding, Accounting Department, Kansas City, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 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 10th day of August, 2010.

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance