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TAW-74420  /  Frank Russell Company (Tacoma, WA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/21/2009
Filed Date: 07/21/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/30/2010
Determination Date: 07/30/2010
Expiration Date: 07/30/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,420

FRANK RUSSELL COMPANY
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
VOLT SERVICES
TACOMA, WASHINGTON

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 July 30, 2010, applicable to workers of Frank
Russell Company, Administrative Service Center, Tacoma,
Washington. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
August 13, 2010 (75 FR 49531).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
supply administrative support services for financial investments.
The company reports that workers leased from Volt Services
were employed on-site at the Tacoma, Washington location of Frank
Russell Company, Administrative Service Center. The Department
has determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of Frank Russell Company, Administrative Service Center
to be considered leased workers.



Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Volt Services
working on-site at the Tacoma, Washington location of Frank
Russell Company, Administrative Service Center.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-74,420 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Frank Russell Company, Administrative
Service Center, including on-site leased workers from
Volt Services, Tacoma, Washington, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July
21, 2009, through July 30, 2012, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the 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 at Washington, D.C. this 6th day of December 2010.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,420

FRANK RUSSELL COMPANY
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
TACOMA, WASHINGTON

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 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of Frank Russell
Company, Administrative Service Center, Tacoma, Washington
(hereinafter referred to as Frank Russell Company, Administrative
Service Center). The workers supply administrative support
services for financial investments.
The investigation revealed that workers of Frank Russell
Company, Administrative Service Center, who supply administrative
support services for financial investments, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because all the workers are
threatened with total separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers’ firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
administrative support services for financial investments from
India by Frank Russell Company, Administrative Service Center
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Tacoma, Washington facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Frank Russell Company,
Administrative Service Center, Tacoma, Washington, who supply
administrative support services for financial investments, 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 Frank Russell Company, Administrative
Service Center, Tacoma, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 21,
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 July, 2010.

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



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