DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,683

OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AMERICAN CYBER SYSTEMS,
INC., ASCENDO RESOURCES, LLC, GDKN CORPORATION, HARBOR POINT
RESOURCES, INC., D/B/A ONPOINT STAFFING, MERGIS, TOP,
SPHERION/RANDSTAD, ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, INC., SDI
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, AND STEPHEN JAMES ASSOCIATES
BOCA RATON, 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 April 23, 2013 by three workers on behalf of workers of Office
Depot, Inc., Finance and Accounting Organization, Boca Raton,
Florida (Office Depot). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of office supplies and services. The subject
worker group includes workers engaged in the supply of finance and
accounting services and on-site leased workers from American Cyber
Systems, Inc., Ascendo Resources, LLC, GDKN Corporation, Harbor
Point Resources, Inc., d/b/a OnPoint Staffing, Mergis, TOP,
Spherion/Randstad, Robert Half International, Inc., SDI
International Corporation, and Stephen James Associates.
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 with such separation.
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 workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Office Depot.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Office Depot, Inc.,
Finance and Accounting Organization, Boca Raton, Florida, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of finance and
accounting 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 Office Depot, Inc., Finance and Accounting
Organization, including on-site leased workers from American
Cyber Systems, Inc., Ascendo Resources, LLC, GDKN
Corporation, Harbor Point Resources, Inc., d/b/a OnPoint
Staffing, Mergis, TOP, Spherion/Randstad, Robert Half
International, Inc., SDI International Corporation, and
Stephen James Associates, Office Depot, Inc., Finance and
Accounting Organization, Boca Raton, Florida, 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 14th day of June, 2013


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