DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,783

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP (PWC)
INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES (IFS)
KNOWLEDGE SERVICES ORGANIZATION (KSO)
ADVERSE DATA SEARCH (ADS)
INCLUDING OFF-SITE WORKERS FROM
NEW JERSEY, MINNESOTA, AND ILLINOIS
REPORTING TO
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:
(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 July 6, 2012 on behalf of workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), Internal Firm Services
(IFS), Knowledge Services Organization (KSO), Advance Data
Search (ADS), Tampa, Florida. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of accounting services.
Specifically, this certification is for workers of ADS who
conduct due diligence research as to prospective clients of
PwC. The workers are separately identifiable. The subject
group includes off-site workers working from their homes in
New Jersey, Minnesota, and Illinois reporting to Tampa,
Florida.
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 activities related to
the supply of a service like or directly competitive with the
service supplied by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at PwC-IFS-KSO-ADS.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), Internal Firm Services
(IFS), Knowledge Services Organization (KSO), Advance Data
Search (ADS), including off-site workers in New Jersey,
Minnesota, and Illinois, reporting to Tampa, Florida who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounting
services, specifically due diligence research, 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 (PwC),
Internal Firm Services (IFS), Knowledge Services
Organization (KSO), Advance Data Search (ADS), including
off-site workers in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Illinois,
reporting to Tampa, Florida, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 3,
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 10th day of August, 2012.



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