DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,523

DOLE FOOD COMPANY
DOLE BUSINESS SERVICES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-94,523A

DOLE FOOD COMPANY
DOLE BUSINESS SERVICES
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-94,523B

DOLE FOOD COMPANY
DOLE BUSINESS SERVICES
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA

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 February 8, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Dole Food Company, Dole Business Services,
Information Technology Department, Westlake Village,
California (TA-W-94,523); Dole Food Company, Dole Business
Services, Treasury Department, Westlake Village, California
(TA-W-94,523A); and Dole Food Company, Dole Business Services,
Finance and Accounting Department, Westlake Village,
California (TA-W-94,523B) (herein referred to as "Dole Food
Company"). The workers the subject of the investigation are
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
technology support services (TA-W-94,523), treasury support
services (TA-W-94,523A), and finance and accounting support
services (TA-W-94,523B).
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 a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Dole Food Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dole Food Company,
Dole Business Services, Information Technology Department,
Westlake Village, California (TA-W-94,523); Dole Food Company,
Dole Business Services, Treasury Department, Westlake Village,
California (TA-W-94,523A); and Dole Food Company, Dole
Business Services, Finance and Accounting Department, Westlake
Village, California (TA-W-94,523B), who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of information technology
support services (TA-W-94,523), treasury support services (TA-
W-94,523A), and finance and accounting support services (TA-W-
94,523B) 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 Dole Food Company, Dole Business Services,
Information Technology Department, Westlake Village,
California (TA-W-94,523); Dole Food Company, Dole
Business Services, Treasury Department, Westlake Village,
California (TA-W-94,523A); and Dole Food Company, Dole
Business Services, Finance and Accounting Department,
Westlake Village, California (TA-W-94,523B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 7, 2018 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 7th day of April 2019.

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