DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,813

SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC.
VISUAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH STUDIO PAYROLL SERVICES
CULVER CITY, 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;
(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 June 14, 2013 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc., Visual Effects
Department, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.,
including workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were
reported through Studio Payroll Services, Culver City,
California. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the supply of visual effects and digital animation services
for feature films.
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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Sony Pictures Imageworks.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sony Pictures
Imageworks Inc., Visual Effects Department, a subsidiary of
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through Studio
Payroll Services, Culver City, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of visual effects and digital
animation services for feature films 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 Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc., Visual
Effects Department, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures
Entertainment Inc., including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Studio Payroll
Services, Culver City, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 13,
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 5th day of July, 2013.

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