DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,008

ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NSC GLOBAL
PURCHASE, NEW YORK

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 July 6, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of ATOS IT Solutions and Services, Inc., Purchase, New
York (herein known as "ATOS IT Solutions and Services, Inc."
or "workers' firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of information technology services.
Specifically, the workers are engaged in procurement
purchasing support activities for Morgan Stanley as alleged by
the petitioner and confirmed by the company official. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from NSC
Global.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the
alleged customer of the firm whose decline in purchases caused
the employment separations.
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
and/or production of information technology services by ATOS
IT Solutions and Services, Inc. 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 ATOS IT Solutions and Services, Inc. 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 ATOS
IT Solutions and Services, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ATOS IT Solutions and
Services, Inc., including on-site leased workers from NSC
Global, Purchase, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of information technology services,
specifically procurement purchasing support for Morgan
Stanley, 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 ATOS IT Solutions and Services, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from NSC Global,
Purchase, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 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 22nd day of September 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance