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TAW-75299  /  Thomson Reuters (Fort Worth, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/14/2010
Filed Date: 02/15/2011
Most Recent Update: 03/25/2011
Determination Date: 03/25/2011
Expiration Date: 03/25/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,299

THOMSON REUTERS
BUSINESS COMPLIANCE & KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO USA
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

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 agency representative on
behalf of workers of Thomson Reuters, Business Compliance &
Knowledge Solutions Division, Forth Worth, Texas. The workers
supply tax compliance software and services. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Adecco USA.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thomson Reuters,
Business Compliance & Knowledge Solutions Division, who are
engaged in employment related to tax compliance software and
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during 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 services supplied by the Business
Compliance & Knowledge Solutions Division.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from a
foreign country contributed importantly to worker group
separations in the Business Compliance & Knowledge Solutions
Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thomson Reuters,
Business Compliance & Knowledge Solutions Division, who are
engaged in employment related to tax compliance software and
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 Thomson Reuters, Business Compliance &
Knowledge Solutions Division, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco USA, Forth Worth, Texas, 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 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 25th day of March, 2011


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