DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,115

ACCENTURE LLP
CORPORATE FUNCTIONS FINANCE
CHICAGO METRO LOCATION
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 January 19, 2011 on behalf of workers of Accenture
LLP, Corporate Functions Finance, Chicago Metro Location,
Chicago, Illinois (Accenture). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of global management
consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The workers are
not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of Accenture who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of global
management consulting, technology and outsourcing services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Accenture have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Accenture to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by
Accenture.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the
supply of global management consulting, technology and
outsourcing services to Brazil by Accenture contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Accenture.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Accenture LLP,
Corporate Functions Finance, Chicago Metro Location, Chicago,
Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
global management consulting, technology and outsourcing
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 Accenture LLP, Corporate Functions
Finance, Chicago Metro Location, Chicago, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 18, 2010, 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