DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,985

SPHERA SOLUTIONS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENSTAR CAPITAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASE WORKERS FROM
ASCENT AND TMA RESOURCES
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 July 12 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Sphera Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Genstar
Capital, Chicago, Illinois. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of integrated risk management
software and information services. The worker groups include
on-site leased/temporary workers from Ascent and TMA Resources.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
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 Sphera
Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Genstar Capital, Chicago,
Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sphera Solutions
Inc., a subsidiary of Genstar Capital, Chicago, Illinois, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of integrated
risk management software and information 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:


















"Workers of Sphera Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Genstar
Capital, including on-site leased/temporary workers from
Ascent and TMA Resources, Chicago, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 8, 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 21st day of October 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance