DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,250

CHARMING SHOPPES OF DELAWARE, INC.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, RENT, MERCHANDISE DISBURSEMENT DIVISIONS, AND
PAYROLL DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE SHARED SERVICE CENTER
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 30, 2010, applicable to workers of
Charming Shoppes of Delaware, Inc., including the Accounts
Payable, Rent, and Merchandise Disbursement Divisions within the
Shared Service Center, Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Department’s
notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
July 16, 2010 (75 FR 41526).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers, all of the same division, are engaged in activities
related to the supply of accounts payable, rent, merchandise
disbursement services, and payroll.
The company reports that workers engaged in activities
related to the supply of payroll services were inadvertently
excluded from the certification decision.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-74,250 is hereby issued as
follows:
"All workers of Charming Shoppes of Delaware, Inc.,
including the Accounts Payable, Rent, Merchandise
Disbursement Divisions, and Payroll Department within
the Shared Service Center, Bensalem, Pennsylvania who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 15, 2009 through June 30, 2012, 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 24th day of November, 2010.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
__________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,250

CHARMING SHOPPES OF DELAWARE, INC.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, RENT, AND MERCHANDISE DISBURSEMENT DIVISIONS
WITHIN THE SHARED SERVICE CENTER
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 16, 2010 on behalf of workers of Charming Shoppes
of Delaware, Inc., Accounts Payable, Rent, and Merchandise
Disbursement Divisions within the Shared Service Center,
Bensalem, Pennsylvania (Charming). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of accounts payable, rent, and
merchandise disbursement services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Charming who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounts payable,
rent, and merchandise disbursement 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
has acquired from India services like or directly competitive
with the accounts payable, rent, and merchandise disbursement
services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
accounts payable, rent, and merchandise disbursement services
from India by Charming contributed 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 Charming Shoppes of
Delaware, Inc., Accounts Payable, Rent, and Merchandise
Disbursement Divisions within the Shared Service Center,
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of accounts payable, rent, and merchandise
disbursement 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 Charming Shoppes of Delaware, Inc.,
Accounts Payable, Rent, and Merchandise Disbursement
Divisions within the Shared Service Center, Bensalem,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 15, 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 30th day of June, 2010


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