DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,051

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
SALES-SETTLEMENT RECONCILIATION TEAM
GLOBAL PREPAID
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

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 December 29, 2010 on behalf of workers of American
Express Company, Sales-Settlement Reconciliation Team, Global
Prepaid, Salt Lake City, Utah (American Express). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the supply of sales and
settlement services. Workers are not separately identifiable.
The group consists of on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of American Express
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of sales
and settlement services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at American Express have become
totally or partially separated, or have been threaten with total
or partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by American Express to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by
American Express.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of supply of
sales and settlement services to India by American Express
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
American Express.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Express
Company, Sales-Settlement Reconciliation Team, Global Prepaid,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Salt
Lake City, Utah, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of sales and settlement 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 American Express Company, Sales-Settlement
Reconciliation Team, Global Prepaid, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Salt Lake City, Utah,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 28, 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 11th day of February, 2011.


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