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TAW-96027  /  Web.com Group, Inc. (Drums, PA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/01/2019
Filed Date: 07/01/2020
Most Recent Update: 09/12/2020
Determination Date: 09/12/2020
Expiration Date: 09/12/2022

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,027

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
CALL CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF SIRIS CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
DRUMS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 1, 2020 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Web.com Group, Inc., Call Center, a subsidiary of Siris
Capital Group, LLC, Drums, Pennsylvania (Web.com Group, Inc.).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of online marketing services providing resources and customer
websites for small to medium-sized businesses. The subject
worker group is engaged in activities related to the supply of
call center services.
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 services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Web.com Group, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Web.com Group, Inc.,
Call Center, a subsidiary of Siris Capital Group, LLC, Drums,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of call center 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 Web.com Group, Inc., Call Center, a
subsidiary of Siris Capital Group, LLC, Drums,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 1, 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 12th day of September 2020.

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