DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,921

STAPLES, INC.
HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BTHR BENETEMPS AND DAVIS TEMPS
FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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 July 19, 2013 on behalf of workers of Staples, Inc.,
Human Resources Services Division, Framingham, Massachusetts
(Staples-HR Services). The worker group is inclusive of on-site
leased workers from BTHR BeneTemps and Davis Temps. Workers of
Staples-HR Services are engaged in activities related to the
supply of human resources services. The workers respond to and
resolve calls in the HR Services Support Center, and log all
employee inquiries regarding human resources matters while
tracking the same through to resolution via call tracking
software.
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 Staples-HR Services 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 the supply of services
like or directly competitive with those supplied by the subject
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Staples-HR Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Staples, Inc., Human
Resources Services Division, Framingham, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of human resource
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 Staples, Inc., Human Resources Services
Division, including on-site leased workers from BTHR
BeneTemps and Davis Temps, Framingham, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 18, 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 29th day of August, 2013

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