DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,055

BEST BUY STORES, L.P.
GEEK SQUAD SERVICES DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF BEST BUY COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER
BEST BUY ENTERPRISE SERVICES, INC.
RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA

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 August 3, 2017 by a State Workforce Office, on behalf
of workers of Best Buy Stores, L.P., Geek Squad Services
Division, a subsidiary of Best Buy Company, Inc., Richfield,
Minnesota (Best Buy-Geek Squad). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the supply of technical support
services. Some Best Buy-Geek Squad workers may have wages
reported under Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc. Best Buy-Geek
Squad includes workers operating from remote/off-site locations.
The subject worker group (Best Buy-Geek Squad) does not
include on-site leased/temporary workers.
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 in Best Buy-Geek Squad 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 services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Best Buy-Geek Squad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Best Buy-Geek Squad,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of technical
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:
"Workers of Best Buy Stores, L.P., Geek Squad Services
Division, a subsidiary of Best Buy Company, Inc.,
including workers whose wages are reported under Best Buy
Enterprise Services, Inc., Richfield, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 2, 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 29th day of December 2017.

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