[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 59168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24471]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-71,499; TA-W-71,499A; TA-W-71,499B]


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance

TA-W-71,499, Sara Lee Corporation, Including On-Site Leased Workers 
From EDS, Hewitt Packard, Sapphire Technology, and TekSystems, 
Including On-Site Workers From International Business Machines (IBM), 
Downers Grove, IL;
TA-W-71,499A, Sara Lee Corporation, Master Data, Cash Applications, 
Deductions, Collections, Call Center, Information Technology, Accounts 
Payable, General Accounts, Financial Accounts, Payroll, and Employee 
Master Data Departments, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Adecco, 
Crossfire, Kelly, K-Force, Labor Ready Staffing, Randstad, RGP, RHI, 
Sapphire Technology, Select Staffing, TekSystems, the Brighton Group, 
TraSys, VIP Staffing, and Workforce Temps, Earth City, MO;
TA-W-71,499B, Sara Lee Corporation, Information Technology Department, 
Including On-Site Leased Workers From Adecco, Crossfire, Kelly, K-
Force, Labor Ready Staffing, Randstad, RGP, RHI, Sapphire Technology, 
Select Staffing, Snelling Staffing, TekSystems, the Brighton Group, 
TraSys, VIP Staffing, and Workforce Temps, Mason, OH.

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a 
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on October 7, 2009, applicable to workers of Sara Lee Corporation, 
including on-site leased workers from EDS, Hewitt Packard, Sapphire 
Technology, and TekSystems, Downers Grove, Illinois (TA-W-71,499). The 
workers provide shared financial services and information technology. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2009 
(74 FR 65799). The notice as amended on October 19, 2010 to include the 
Earth City, Missouri, Mason, Ohio and on-site leased workers from the 
above mentioned firms. The amended notice was published in the Federal 
Register on November 3, 2010 (75 FR 67770).
    At the request of Illinois State Employment Security, the 
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. 
New information shows that workers from International Business Machines 
(IBM) were employed on-site at the Downers Grove, Illinois location of 
Sara Lee Corporation. The IBM employees support the supply of 
accounting, information technology and payroll services at the Downers 
Grove, Illinois location of the subject firm. Department has determined 
that these workers were sufficiently under the control of Sara Lee 
Corporation are eligible to be included in this certification.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to 
include workers from International Business Machines (IBM) employed on-
site at the Downers Grove, Illinois location of Sara Lee Corporation.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,499, TA-W-71,499A, and TA-
W-71,499B are hereby issued as follows:

    All workers of Sara Lee Corporation, including on-site leased 
workers from EDS, Hewitt Packard, Sapphire Technology, TekSystems 
and International Business Machines (IBM), Downers Grove, Illinois 
(TA-W-71,499), who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after June 30, 2008, through October 7, 2011, 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.
    All workers of Sara Lee Corporation, Master Data, Cash 
Applications, Deductions, Collections, Call Center, Information 
Technology, Accounts Payable, General Accounts, Financial Accounts, 
Payroll, and Employee Master Data Departments, including on-site 
leased workers from Adecco, Crossfire, Kelly, K-Force, Labor Ready 
Staffing, Randstand, RGP, RHI, Sapphire Technology, Select Staffing, 
TekSystems, the Brighton Group, TraSys, VIP Staffing, and Workforce 
Temps, Earth City, Missouri (TA-W-71,499A), who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on June 30, 2008, are eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
    All workers of Sara Lee Corporation, Information Technology 
Department, including on-site leased workers from Adecco, Crossfire, 
Kelly, K-Force, Labor Ready Staffing, Randstand, RGP, RHI, Sapphire 
Technology, Select Staffing, Snelling Staffing, TekSystems, the 
Brighton Group, TraSys, VIP Staffing, and Workforce Temps, Mason, 
Ohio (TA-W-71,499B), who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after June 30, 2008, through February 2, 2009, are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of September 2011.
 Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-24471 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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