DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,861

RENT-A-CENTER TEXAS, L.P.
A SUBSIDIARY OF RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
PRODUCT ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
3CI, BEACON HILL, BTECHNICAL GROUP, CIGNITI, COMPUTER FUTURES,
DELOITTE, INSIGHT GLOBAL, INSOURCE GROUP, LEVI, RAY & SHOUP,
MDI-MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, QUBIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, RCG GLOBAL
SERVICES, RIGHTSTAFF, AND SOGETI USA
PLANO, TEXAS

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 May 2, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Rent-A-Center Texas, L.P., a subsidiary of Rent-A-
Center, Inc., Product Assurance Department, Plano, Texas (Rent-
A-Center, Product Assurance Department). Workers of Rent-A-Center,
Product Assurance are engaged in activities related to the supply
of testing services. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from 3Ci, Beacon Hill, Btechnical Group, Cigniti,
Computer Futures, Deloitte, Insight Global, Insource Group, Levi,
Ray & Shoup, MDI-Management Decisions, Qubit Information Systems,
RCG Global Services, RightStaff, and Sogeti USA.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers Rent-A-Center, Product Assurance
Department 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 a portion of the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rent-A-Center, Product Assurance Department.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rent-A-Center, Product
Assurance Department 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 Rent-A-Center Texas, L.P., a subsidiary of
Rent-A-Center, Inc., Product Assurance Department, including
on-site leased workers from 3Ci, Beacon Hill, Btechnical
Group, Cigniti, Computer Futures, Deloitte, Insight Global,
Insource Group, Levi, Ray & Shoup, MDI-Management Decisions,
Qubit Information Systems, RCG Global Services, RightStaff,
and Sogeti USA, Plano, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 1, 2016 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 23rd day of January 2018.

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