DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,330

SPRINGAHEAD, INC.
D/B/A TALLIE
WALNUT CREEK, 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 October 28, 2019 on behalf of workers and former
workers of SpringAhead, Inc., d/b/a Tallie, Walnut Creek,
California (SpringAhead/Tallie). Workers' wages may be
reported under either SpringAhead or Tallie. The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of expense
reporting services. The worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and petition.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in SpringAhead/Tallie 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 expense reporting services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at SpringAhead/Tallie.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SpringAhead/Tallie,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of expense
reporting 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 SpringAhead, Inc., d/b/a Tallie, Walnut
Creek, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 27, 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 27th day of February 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance