DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,135

SHOPKO STORES OPERATING CO., LLC
MERCHANDISE SUPPORT AND SUPPLY CHAIN DEPARTMENTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF SKO GROUP HOLDING, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCENTURE LLP
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN

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 November 13, 2015 on behalf of workers of Shopko Stores
Operating Co., LLC, Merchandise Support and Supply Chain
Departments, a subsidiary of SKO Group Holding, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Accenture LLP, Green Bay, Wisconsin
(Shopko-Merchandise Support and Supply Chain). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of retail
goods and services.
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 Shopko-Merchandise
Support and Supply Chain 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 supply of retail goods and services by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Shopko-Merchandise Support and Supply Chain.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shopko-Merchandise
Support and Supply Chain, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of retail goods and 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 Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC,
Merchandise Support and Supply Chain Departments, a
subsidiary of SKO Group Holding, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Accenture LLP, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 12, 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 6th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer,
Office of
Trade Adjustment
Assistance