DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,674

CREATETHE GROUP, INC.
COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FORREST SOLUTIONS,
WISDOM INFOTECH, 24 SEVEN TALENT, ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY,
AND BOND CREATIVE SEARCH
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 April 22, 2013 by New York State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of CREATETHE GROUP, Inc., Commerce Technology
Solutions, New York, New York (hereafter referred to as
"Commerce Technology Solutions" or "subject firm"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
digital advertising, web development, ecommerce platform
development and integration, digital creative services,
ecommerce product photography, digital marketing and strategy
services, search engine optimization, and web analytics
services. The subject worker group, however, is limited to
workers of the Commerce Technology Solutions business unit who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of website
support and integration services and ecommerce platform
development services and includes on-site leased workers from
Forrest Solutions, Wisdom InfoTech, 24 Seven Talent, Robert Half
Technology, and Bond Creative Search.
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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the subject
worker group which contributed importantly to subject worker
group separations at Commerce Technology Solutions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CREATETHE GROUP,
Inc., Commerce Technology Solutions, New York, New York, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of website
support and integration services and ecommerce platform
development 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 CREATETHE GROUP, Inc., Commerce Technology
Solutions, including on-site leased workers from Forrest
Solutions, Wisdom InfoTech, 24 Seven Talent, Robert Half
Technology, and Bond Creative Search, New York, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 22, 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 18th day of June, 2013

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