DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,793

ARVATO
A SUBSIDIARY OF BERTELSMANN SE & CO. KGAA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM UNITED STAFFING
SERVICES, SQUARE ONE STAFFING (AN ESG CO.), AEROTEK STAFFING
AND BARRINGTON STAFFING
VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 7, 2013 on behalf of workers of Arvato, a
subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, including on-site
leased workers from United Staffing Services, Square One
Staffing (an ESG Co.), Aerotek Staffing and Barrington
Staffing, Valencia, California. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of call center services.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
services supplied by Arvato, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE &
Co. KGaA, Valencia, California, have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by Arvato, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE &
Co. KGaA, Valencia, California, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Arvato, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Valencia,
California.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Arvato, a subsidiary of
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Valencia, California, engaged in
activities related to the supply of call center 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 Arvato, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE &
Co. KGaA, including on-site leased workers from United
Staffing Services, Square One Staffing (an ESG Co.),
Aerotek Staffing and Barrington Staffing, Valencia,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 5, 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 20th day of June, 2013.


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance