DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,142

TEAMSTAFF
EL PASO, TEXAS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC
2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
(P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on April 30, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
TeamStaff, El Paso, Texas. The subject firm is a Professional
Employer Organization (PEO). The workers were contracted out to
other companies. The workers that filed the petition for Trade
Adjustment Assistance were contracted to a company to produce
televisions.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The preponderance in the declines in employment is related to
the termination of a contractual relationship with a customer of
the subject firm. All Teamstaff workers were notified that there
jobs were not being eliminated, but would be transferred to one of
three other employers. All workers were offered jobs and no
workers of TeamStaff were terminated by the company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of TeamStaff,
El Paso, Texas are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of May, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance