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TAW-95640  /  J2 Cloud Services, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/03/2019
Filed Date: 02/04/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/31/2020
Determination Date: 03/31/2020
Expiration Date: 03/31/2022

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,640

J2 CLOUD SERVICES, LLC
VOICE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF J2 GLOBAL, INC.
LOS ANGELES, 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 4, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of J2 Cloud Services, LLC, Voice Division, a
subsidiary of J2 Global, Inc., Los Angeles, California ("J2
Cloud Services, LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of business phone services
that allows the customers to talk and text using an app.
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 J2 Cloud Services, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of J2 Cloud Services,
LLC, Voice Division, a subsidiary of J2 Global, Inc., Los
Angeles, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of business phone services that allows the customers
to talk and text using an app 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 J2 Cloud Services, LLC, Voice Division, a
subsidiary of J2 Global, Inc., Los Angeles, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 3, 2019, 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 31st day of March 2020.

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