DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,379

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF MATTEL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF PARADIGM
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 14, 2010 on behalf of workers of Phoenix
Technology Center, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., Phoenix,
Arizona (Phoenix Technology Center). The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Paradigm. Workers at the subject
firm are engaged in the supply of information technology support
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Phoenix
Technology Center, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Paradigm, Phoenix, Arizona, who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of information
technology support services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers of Phoenix Technology Center has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Criterion II has been met because Phoenix Technology
Center has shifted the supply of information technology support
services to foreign countries.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the
information technology support services to Romania and India
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Phoenix
Technology Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phoenix Technology
Center, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Paradigm, Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of information technology
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 Phoenix Technology Center, a subsidiary of
Mattel, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Paradigm, Phoenix, Arizona who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 12, 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 October, 2010


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