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TAW-75282  /  I.C. System, Inc. (Mason City, IA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/14/2010
Filed Date: 02/15/2011
Most Recent Update: 03/16/2011
Determination Date: 03/16/2011
Expiration Date: 03/16/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,282

I.C. SYSTEM, INC.
TRANSFER AGENTS
MASON CITY, IOWA

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 15, 2011 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of I.C. System, Inc., Transfer Agents, Mason City,
Iowa (I.C. System). The workers are engaged in activities
related to supply of accounts receivable management services.
The investigation revealed that workers of I.C. System who
are engaged in activities related to accounts receivable
management services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been an
acquisition from a foreign country by I.C. System of services
that are like or directly competitive with those supplied by I.
C. System.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
accounts receivable management services from India by I.C.
System contributed importantly to worker group separations at
I.C. System.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of I.C. System, Inc.,
Transfer Agents, Mason City, Iowa, who are engaged in
activities related to accounts receivable management 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 I.C. System, Transfer Agents, Mason City,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 14, 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 16th day of March, 2011.

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