DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,350

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES
CLIENT ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATORS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 7, 2010, by three workers on behalf of workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm Services, Client
Account Administrators, Chicago, Illinois (PwC). The workers,
as client account administrators, provided internal firm
support services.
The investigation revealed that workers of PwC, who are
engaged in activities related to the provision of internal
firm 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 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
internal firm support services from Uruguay by PwC contributed
importantly to worker group separations at PwC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm Services, Client
Account Administrators, Chicago, Illinois, who are engaged in
activities related to the provision of internal firm support
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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm
Services, Client Account Administrators, Chicago,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 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 8th day of September, 2010.


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