Corrected: August 19, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,413

FIRST ADVANTAGE BACKGROUND SERVICES CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF STG-FAIRWAY U.S., LLC
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

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 February 1, 2016, on behalf of workers of First
Advantage Background Services Corporation, a subsidiary of STG-
Fairway U.S., LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (First Advantage).
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of background screening services. The subject worker group
supplies support (human resources, finance, legal, and other
operational support) services. The subject worker group does
not include on-site leased or temporary workers.
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 support services supplied
by the subject workers, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at First Advantage.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of First Advantage
Background Services Corporation, a subsidiary of STG-Fairway
U.S., LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of support 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 First Advantage Background Services
Corporation, a subsidiary of STG-Fairway U.S., LLC, St.
Petersburg, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 29, 2015,
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 9th day of August 2016.

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