DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,676

TALENTWISE
A STERLINGBACKCHECK COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MRI NETWORK CONTRACT STAFFING AND ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

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 April 8, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of TalentWise, a SterlingBackCheck Company, including
on-site leased workers from MRI Network Contract Staffing and
Robert Half International, Winchester, Virginia. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
employment background screening 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 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 service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at TalentWise, a SterlingBackCheck Company,
Winchester, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TalentWise, a
SterlingBackCheck Company, including on-site leased workers
from MRI Network Contract Staffing, Winchester, Virginia, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of employment
background screening 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 TalentWise, a SterlingBackCheck Company,
including on-site leased workers from MRI Network
Contract Staffing and Robert Half International,
Winchester, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 6, 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 6th day of May 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance