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TAW-74018  /  Paramount Multi-Services, LLC (Dallas, TX)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 04/28/2009
Filed Date: 04/29/2010
Most Recent Update: 06/02/2010
Determination Date: 06/02/2010
Expiration Date: 06/02/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,018

PARAMOUNT MULTI-SERVICES, LLC
DALLAS, TEXAS

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 29, 2010 by the company official on behalf of
workers of Paramount Multi-Services, LLC, Dallas, Texas
(Paramount Dallas). The workers provide call center services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Paramount Dallas
who are engaged in employment related to call center services
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been an
acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of
services that are like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
call center services supplied from the Philippines by
Paramount Dallas contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Paramount Dallas.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Paramount Multi-
Services, LLC, Dallas, Texas, who are engaged in employment
related to call center 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 Paramount Multi-Services, LLC, Dallas,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 28, 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 June, 2010.

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