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TAW-94166  /  Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc. (Topeka, KS)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/25/2017
Filed Date: 09/25/2018
Most Recent Update: 10/26/2018
Determination Date: 10/26/2018
Expiration Date: 10/26/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,166

PAYLESS SHOESOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF PAYLESS, INC.
TOPEKA, KANSAS

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 25, 2018, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc., Finance
Department, a subsidiary of Payless, Inc., Topeka, Kansas
(herein referred to as Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc.). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
the firm's financial and business services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Furthermore, a separate worker group at the subject
location was previously TAA certified eligible under TA-W-
93,471; CSS-1; which expires on April 20, 2020. Workers of the
Finance Department are considered separately identifiable from
this group.
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, and also acquired from a
foreign country, the supply of a service like or directly
competitive with the service supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Payless
ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Payless ShoeSource
Worldwide, Inc., Finance Department, a subsidiary of Payless,
Inc., Topeka, Kansas, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of financial and business 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 Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc., Finance
Department, a subsidiary of Payless, Inc., Topeka, Kansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 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 26th day of October 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance