DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,633

THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ELC MANAGEMENT LLC AND SOURCEWAVE, INC.
MELVILLE, NEW YORK

TA-W-74,633A

AVEDA CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HELP DESK
BLAINE, MINNESOTA

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 September 17, 2010 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.,
Information Technology Help Desk, Melville, New York (TA-W-
74,633) and Aveda Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Information Technology Help
Desk, Blaine, Minnesota (TA-W-74,633A) [Estee Lauder
Companies]. The workers are engaged in activities related to
the supply of information technology help desk services.
The TA-W-74,633 worker group includes on-site leased
workers from ELC Management LLC and SourceWave, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Estee Lauder
Companies who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of information technology help desk services meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers within the workers' firm have been
separated or threatened with worker separation.
Criterion II has been met 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
information technology help desk services from Malaysia by
Estee Lauder Companies contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Estee Lauder Companies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Estee Lauder
Companies Inc., Information Technology Help Desk, Melville,
New York, including on-site leased workers from ELC Management
LLC and SourceWave, Inc. (TA-W-74,633) and Aveda Corporation,
a wholly owned subsidiary of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.,
Information Technology Help Desk, Blaine, Minnesota (TA-W-
74,633A), who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
information technology help desk 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 The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.,
Information Technology Help Desk, Melville, New York,
including on-site leased workers from ELC Management LLC
and SourceWave, Inc. (TA-W-74,633) and Aveda Corporation,
a wholly owned subsidiary of The Estee Lauder Companies
Inc., Information Technology Help Desk, Blaine, Minnesota
(TA-W-74,633A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 15, 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 21st day of January, 2011

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance