DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,707

NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
S. CANAL STREET FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TEKSYSTEMS, QUADRATIC
SYSTEMS, SOLSTICE CONSULTING, APEX SYSTEMS, FORBES TECHNOLOGY
CONSULTING, PRAIRIE CONSULTING, AND RANDSTAD
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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 13, 2012 by a one-stop operator on behalf of
workers of Northern Trust Company, S. Canal Street facility,
Chicago, Illinois (Northern Trust). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of operational
support for investment management, asset and fund
administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for
corporations, institutions, and affluent individuals. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Teksystems, Quadratic Systems, Solstice Consulting, Apex
Systems, Forbes Technology Consulting, Prairie Consulting, and
Randstad.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Northern Trust.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Northern Trust
Company, S. Canal Street facility, including on-site leased
workers from Teksystems, Quadratic Systems, Solstice
Consulting, Apex Systems, Forbes Technology Consulting,
Prairie Consulting, and Randstad, Chicago, Illinois, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of operational
support for investment management, asset and fund
administration, fiduciary and banking solutions for
corporations, institutions, and affluent individuals 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 Northern Trust Company, S. Canal Street
facility, including on-site leased workers from
Teksystems, Quadratic Systems, Solstice Consulting, Apex
Systems, Forbes Technology Consulting, Prairie
Consulting, and Randstad, Chicago, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 12, 2011 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 20th day of July, 2012.


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