Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 01/02/2012
Filed Date: 01/03/2013
Most Recent Update: 01/16/2013
Determination Date: 01/16/2013
Expiration Date: 01/16/2015
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,306
RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ZERO CHAOS,
APEX SYSTEMS, AND PRO UNLIMITED, INC.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on January 16, 2013, applicable to
workers of Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production
Services Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company, including on-site leased workers from
Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on February 6, 2013 (78 FR 8593).
At the request of the state workforce office, the
Department reviewed te certification for workers of the
subject firm. The workers were engaged in the production
of educational tests.
The company reports that workers leased from PRO
Unlimited, Inc. were employed on-site at the Rolling Meadows,
Illinois location of the Riverside Publishing Company,
Technical Production Services Group. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending
this certification to include workers leased from PRO Unlimited,
Inc. working on-site at the Rolling Meadows, Illinois location of
the Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production Services
Group.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-82,306 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of PRO Unlimited, Inc., reporting to
Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production Services
Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Company, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 2, 2012,
through January 16, 2015, 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 14th day of May, 2015.
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,306
RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ZERO CHAOS AND APEX SYSTEMS
ROLLING MEADOWS, 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 January 3, 2013 on behalf of workers of Riverside
Publishing Company, Technical Production Services Group, a
subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company,
Rolling Meadows, Illinois (Riverside Publishing). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
educational tests. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Riverside
Publishing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Riverside Publishing
Company, Technical Production Services Group, a subsidiary of
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, including on-site
leased workers from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of educational tests 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 Riverside Publishing Company, Technical
Production Services Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company, including on-site leased
workers from from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 2, 2012 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 16th day of January, 2013.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,306
RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ZERO CHAOS,
APEX SYSTEMS, AND PRO UNLIMITED, INC.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on January 16, 2013, applicable to
workers of Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production
Services Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company, including on-site leased workers from
Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on February 6, 2013 (78 FR 8593).
At the request of the state workforce office, the
Department reviewed te certification for workers of the
subject firm. The workers were engaged in the production
of educational tests.
The company reports that workers leased from PRO
Unlimited, Inc. were employed on-site at the Rolling Meadows,
Illinois location of the Riverside Publishing Company,
Technical Production Services Group. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending
this certification to include workers leased from PRO Unlimited,
Inc. working on-site at the Rolling Meadows, Illinois location of
the Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production Services
Group.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-82,306 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of PRO Unlimited, Inc., reporting to
Riverside Publishing Company, Technical Production Services
Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Company, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 2, 2012,
through January 16, 2015, 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 14th day of May, 2015.
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-82,306
RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ZERO CHAOS AND APEX SYSTEMS
ROLLING MEADOWS, 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 January 3, 2013 on behalf of workers of Riverside
Publishing Company, Technical Production Services Group, a
subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company,
Rolling Meadows, Illinois (Riverside Publishing). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
educational tests. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Riverside
Publishing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Riverside Publishing
Company, Technical Production Services Group, a subsidiary of
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, including on-site
leased workers from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of educational tests 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 Riverside Publishing Company, Technical
Production Services Group, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company, including on-site leased
workers from from Zero Chaos and Apex Systems, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 2, 2012 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 16th day of January, 2013.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance