DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,315

LAND'S END, INC.
MERCHANDISING INVENTORY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEARS HOLDING CORPORATION
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN

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 7, 2013 by three workers of Lands' End Inc.,
Merchandise Inventory Planning Department, a subsidiary of Sears
Holdings Corporation, Dodgeville, Wisconsin (Lands' End).
Workers of Lands' End, Inc., Merchandise Inventory Planning
Department, Dodgeville, Wisconsin (the subject worker group) are
engaged in employment related to the supply of services related
to merchandise and planning services. Workers within the
Merchandise and Inventory Planning Department are separately
identifiable from other business units within Lands' End, Inc.
Therefore, the certification is limited to only those workers
within the Merchandise and Inventory Planning who are located at
(or report to) Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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 services like or
directly competitive with the merchandising and planning services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Lands' End, Inc., Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lands' End Inc.,
Merchandise Inventory Planning Department, a subsidiary of Sears
Holding Corporation, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of merchandising and planning
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 Lands' End, Inc., Merchandise Inventory
Planning Department, a subsidiary of Sears Holding
Corporation, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 9,
2012, 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 12th day of March, 2013.

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