Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 04/29/2018
Filed Date: 04/30/2019
Most Recent Update: 07/23/2019
Determination Date: 07/23/2019
Expiration Date: 07/23/2021
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-94,768
RENOVATE AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF THRIVEPOINT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EASTRIDGE,
ROBERT HALF, AND ASPYRE STAFFING
SAN DIEGO, 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
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 April 30, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Renovate America, Inc., a subsidiary of
Thrivepoint Financial Holdings, Inc., San Diego, California.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the supply of
call center and back office operations services. Workers are
not separately identifiable by function. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Eastridge, Robert
Half, and Aspyre Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Renovate America, Inc., a
subsidiary of Thrivepoint Financial Holdings, Inc., San Diego,
California 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 a portion of the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Renovate America, Inc., a subsidiary of
Thrivepoint Financial Holdings, Inc., San Diego, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Renovate America,
Inc., a subsidiary of Thrivepoint Financial Holdings, Inc.,
San Diego, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of call center and back office operations 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 Renovate America, Inc., a subsidiary of
Thrivepoint Financial Holdings, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Eastridge, Robert Half, and Aspyre
Staffing, San Diego, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 29,
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 23rd day of July 2019.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance