DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,263

GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
OWINGS MILLS CENTER DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KINETIX
OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND

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 September 29, 2016 on behalf of workers of Global
Payments Inc., Owings Mills Center Division, Owings Mills,
Maryland (Global Payments-Owings Mills Center). The workers of
Global Payments-Owings Mills Center are engaged in activities
related to the supply of credit card processor and merchant
services, which includes credit and debit card and other
electronic-based payments processing services to merchants.
Workers are not separately identifiable by services supplied
by the firm.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Kinetix.
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 at Global Payments-Owings
Mills Center 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(n) service
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Global Payments-Owings Mills Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Global Payments-
Owings Mills Center, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of credit card processor and merchant 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 Global Payments Inc., Owings Mills Center
Division, including on-site leased workers from Kinetix,
Owings Mills, Maryland, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 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 2nd day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance