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TAW-91734  /  Ralph Lauren Corporation (Greensboro, NC)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 04/26/2015
Filed Date: 04/26/2016
Most Recent Update: 05/24/2016
Determination Date: 05/24/2016
Expiration Date: 05/24/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,734

RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION
GREENSBORO IT SERVICES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DISTINCTIVE PERSONNEL,
THE SELECT GROUP, AND INTEGRITY CONSULTING, LLC
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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 26, 2016 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Ralph Lauren Corporation, Greensboro IT Services Division,
Greensboro, North Carolina, hereafter referred to as "Ralph
Lauren". The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of information technology (IT) services. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Distinctive Personnel, The Select Group, and Integrity
Consulting. Workers are not separately identifiable by the
service supplied.
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 services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ralph Lauren.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ralph Lauren
Corporation, Greensboro IT Services, including on-site leased
workers from Distinctive Personnel, The Select Group, and
Integrity Consulting, LLC, Greensboro, North Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
technology (IT) 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 Ralph Lauren Corporation, Greensboro IT
Services, including on-site leased workers from Distinctive
Personnel, The Select Group, and Integrity Consulting, LLC,
Greensboro, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 26, 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 24th day of May 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance