DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,836

THQ INC.
QUALITY ASSURANCE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ZERO CHAOS
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 31, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of THQ Inc., Quality Assurance Division, Phoenix,
Arizona. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Zero Chaos. The worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of quality assurance services for video
game testing.
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 quality
assurance services like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the subject workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at THQ Inc., Quality Assurance
Division, Phoenix, Arizona.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of THQ Inc., Quality
Assurance Division, including on-site leased workers from Zero
Chaos, Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of quality assurance 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 THQ Inc., Quality Assurance Division,
including on-site leased workers from Zero Chaos,
Phoenix, Arizona, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 26, 2011,
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 15th day of August, 2012

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance