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TAW-75210  /  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Tampa, FL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 02/08/2010
Filed Date: 02/10/2011
Most Recent Update: 03/29/2011
Determination Date: 03/29/2011
Expiration Date: 03/29/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,210

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES DIVISION
HUMAN RESOURCES SHARED SERVICES CENTER
TALENT ACQUISITION ASSOCIATES AND SENIOR ASSOCIATES
TAMPA, FLORIDA

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 February 10, 2011 on behalf of workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm Services Division,
Human Resources Shared Services Center, Talent Acquisition
Associates and Senior Associates, Tampa, Florida. The workers
provide internal human resources services for
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
The investigation revealed that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who are engaged in employment
related to human resources services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the human resources services supplied by the
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP contributed importantly
to worker group separations in the Internal Firm Services
Division, Human Resources Shared Services Center.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm Services Division,
Human Resources Shared Services Center, Talent Acquisition
Associates and Senior Associates, Tampa, Florida, who are
engaged in employment related to human resources 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Internal Firm
Services Division, Human Resources Shared Services
Center, Talent Acquisition Associates and Senior
Associates, Tampa, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 8, 2010,
through two years from the date of certification, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of March, 2011


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