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TAW-74337  /  Certegy Check Services, Inc. (West Valley City, UT)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/30/2009
Filed Date: 07/02/2010
Most Recent Update: 09/30/2010
Determination Date: 09/30/2010
Expiration Date: 09/30/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,337

CERTEGY CHECK SERVICES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FIDELITY NATIONAL PAYMENT SERVICES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM APPLEONE
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH

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 July 2, 2010, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Certegy Check Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Fidelity National
Payment Services, including on-site leased workers from
Appleone, West Valley City, Utah (Certegy). The workers are
engaged in activities related to customer support services in a
call center environment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Certegy who are
engaged in employment related to provision of customer support
services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated from employment during the relevant
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 article/service
produced/supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of customer
support services to the Philippines by Cetergy 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 Certegy Check
Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Fidelity National Payment
Services, including onsite leased workers from Appleone, West
Valley City, Utah, who are engaged in employment activities
related to the provision of customer service, 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 Certegy Check Services, Inc., a subsidiary
of Fidelity National Payment Services, West Valley City,
Utah, including on-site leased workers from AppleOne, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 30, 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 September, 2010.


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