DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,457

STAPLES, INC.
DATA CENTER INFO STRUCTURE OPS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, COMPUCOM, ECIFM, HCL, TAPFIN,
INFOSYS LTD ADR, IBM, ISG, MAGENIC, AND INTERSYSTEMS
FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-93,457A

STAPLES, INC.
DATA CENTER INFO STRUCTURE OPS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, COMPUCOM, ECIFM, HCL, TAPFIN,
INFOSYS LTD ADR, IBM, ISG, MAGENIC, AND INTERSYSTEMS
WESTMINSTER, COLORADO

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 January 26, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Staples, Inc., Data Center Info Structure OPS,
including on-site leased workers from Tata Consultancy
Services, Compucom, eCIFM, HCL, Tapfin, Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM,
ISG, Magenic, and InterSystems, Framingham, Massachusetts (TA-
W-93,457), Staples, Inc., Data Center Info Structure OPS,
including on-site leased workers from Tata Consultancy
Services, Compucom, eCIFM, HCL, Tapfin, Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM,
ISG, Magenic, and InterSystems, Westminster, Colorado (TA-W-
93,457A) ("Staples, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of retail services for office
products. The subject worker group supplies internal IT data
center info structure operation services to the firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Staples, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Staples, Inc., Data
Center Info Structure OPS, including on-site leased workers
from Tata Consultancy Services, Compucom, eCIFM, HCL, Tapfin,
Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM, ISG, Magenic, and InterSystems,
Framingham, Massachusetts (TA-W-93,457), Staples, Inc., Data
Center Info Structure OPS, including on-site leased workers
from Tata Consultancy Services, Compucom, eCIFM, HCL, Tapfin,
Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM, ISG, Magenic, and InterSystems,
Westminster, Colorado (TA-W-93,457A), who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of internal IT data center info
structure operation 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 Staples, Inc., Data Center Info Structure
OPS, including on-site leased workers from Tata
Consultancy Services, Compucom, eCIFM, HCL, Tapfin,
Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM, ISG, Magenic, and InterSystems,
Framingham, Massachusetts (TA-W-93,457), Staples, Inc.,
Data Center Info Structure OPS, including on-site leased
workers from Tata Consultancy Services, Compucom, eCIFM,
HCL, Tapfin, Infosys Ltd ADR, IBM, ISG, Magenic, and
InterSystems, Westminster, Colorado (TA-W-93,457A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 25, 2017, 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 5th day of March 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance