DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,349

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
IBM DEPARTMENT 2WFA
GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES (GBS) DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPERIS
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 November 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of International Business Machines (IBM), IBM
Department 2WFA, Global Business Services (GBS) Division,
including on-site leased workers from Experis, Plano, Texas
(herein referred to as "IBM Department 2WFA"). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of accounts
payable and customer services.
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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at IBM Department 2WFA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International
Business Machines (IBM), IBM Department 2WFA, Global Business
Services (GBS) Division, including on-site leased workers from
Experis, Plano, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of accounts payable and customer 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 International Business Machines (IBM), IBM
Department 2WFA, Global Business Services (GBS) Division,
including on-site leased workers from Experis, Plano,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 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 12th day of December 2018.

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