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TAW-74452  /  Leisure Arts, Inc. (Little Rock, AR)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 07/30/2009
Filed Date: 08/02/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/15/2010
Determination Date: 10/15/2010
Expiration Date: 10/15/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,452

LEISURE ARTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION
PUBLISHING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

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 August 2, 2010, by an Arkansas workforce official on
behalf of workers of Leisure Arts, Inc., a subsidiary of
Liberty Media Corporation, Publishing Division, including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Little Rock, Arkansas. The workers are engaged in publishing
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Leisure Arts,
who are engaged in employment related to publishing 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 services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Leisure
Arts.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leisure Arts, Inc., a
subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, Publishing Division,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Little Rock, Arkansas, who are engaged in
employment related to publishing 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 Leisure Arts, Inc., a subsidiary of
Liberty Media Corporation, Publishing Division, including
on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Little Rock, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 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 15th day of October, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance