Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 04/22/2019
Filed Date: 04/23/2020
Most Recent Update: 12/15/2020
Determination Date: 12/15/2020
Expiration Date: 12/15/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,898
TOPPAN MERRILL
CAPITAL MARKETS, COMPOSITION SERVICES DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TOPPAN MERRILL USA INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
TOPPAN MERRILL LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CREATIVE NETWORK SERVICES (CNS), TALENTHUB WORLDWIDE,
CUSTOM GROUP OF COMPANIES, AND RANDSTAD
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
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 April 23, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Toppan Merrill, Capital Markets, Composition
Services division, a subsidiary of Toppan Merrill USA Inc.,
including workers whose wages were reported under Toppan
Merrill LLC, St. Paul, Minnesota (Toppan Merrill). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
financial printing and communication solution services to
financial, legal, and corporate communities. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Creative Network
Services (CNS), Talenthub Worldwide, Custom Group of Companies,
and Randstad.
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 Toppan Merrill.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Toppan Merrill,
Capital Markets, Composition Services division, a subsidiary
of Toppan Merrill USA Inc., including workers whose wages were
reported under Toppan Merrill LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Creative Network Services (CNS), Talenthub
Worldwide, Custom Group of Companies, and Randstad, St. Paul,
Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial printing and communication solution services to
financial, legal, and corporate communities 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 Toppan Merrill, Capital Markets,
Composition Services division, a subsidiary of Toppan
Merrill USA Inc., including workers whose wages were
reported under Toppan Merrill LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Creative Network Services (CNS),
Talenthub Worldwide, Custom Group of Companies, and
Randstad, St. Paul, Minnesota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 22,
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 15th day of December 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance