DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,038

PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
U.S. PROCUREMENT GROUP
OLD TAPPAN, NEW JERSEY

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 May 28, 2015 on behalf of workers of Pearson Education
Group, U.S. Procurement Group, Old Tappan, New Jersey (Pearson
- U.S. Procurement Group). The subject worker group is engaged
in activities related to the supply of procurement support for
the subject firm's production of books and educational
materials. Pearson - U.S. Procurement Group does not utilize
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker separations at Pearson
- U.S. Procurement Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pearson Education,
Inc., U.S. Procurement Group, Old Tappan, New Jersey, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of procurement
support for production of books and educational materials,
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 Pearson Education Group, U.S. Procurement
Group, Old Tappan, New Jersey, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 27,
2014, 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 19th day of August, 2015

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