[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29211-29212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11637]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,697]


AT&T Corporation; a Subsidiary of AT&T Inc.; Business Billing 
Customer Care; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On October 23, 2013, the Department of Labor (Department) issued an 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for 
the workers and former workers of AT&T Corporation, a subsidiary of 
AT&T Inc., Business Billing Customer Care, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
(hereafter referred to as ``the subject firm''). Workers at the subject 
firm were engaged in activities related to the supply of billing 
inquiry and billing dispute resolution services.
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    The negative determination was based on the Department's findings 
that there no increased imports, during the relevant period, of 
services like or directly competitive with the billing inquiry and 
billing dispute resolution services supplied by the subject workers; 
the subject firm has not shifted the supply of services like or 
directly competitive with the billing inquiry and billing dispute 
resolution services supplied by the subject workers to a foreign 
country or acquired the supply of billing inquiry and billing dispute 
resolution services from a foreign country; the worker separations are 
attributable to a shift of billing inquiry and billing dispute 
resolution services to other locations within the United States; the 
subject firm is not a Supplier to, or act as a Downstream Producer to, 
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of 
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a); and the 
workers' firm has not been publicly identified by name by the 
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an 
investigation resulting in an affirmative finding of serious injury, 
market disruption, or material injury, or threat thereof.
    The request for reconsideration alleges that the subject firm has 
shifted billing services, ordering services, and/or customer support 
services to Slovakia, Mexico, India, and/or the Philippines. The worker 
requesting reconsideration also supplied additional information in 
regard to employment figures at the aforementioned locations and 
subsequently submitted multiple documents and attachments related to 
the afore-mentioned allegations.
    During the course of the reconsideration investigation, the subject 
firm addressed the afore-mentioned allegations and confirmed the 
meaning of multiple documents and attachments provided by the worker 
requesting reconsideration.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department received 
information which confirmed that the subject firm has not imported, 
during the relevant period, any services like or directly competitive 
with billing inquiry and billing dispute resolution services supplied 
by workers of the subject firm; the subject firm did not shift the 
supply of services like or directly competitive with the billing 
inquiry and billing dispute resolution services supplied by workers of 
the subject firm, and; the subject firm did not acquire from a foreign 
country the supply of services like or directly competitive with the 
billing inquiry and billing dispute resolution services supplied by 
workers of the subject firm.
    Additional information obtained from the subject firm during the 
reconsideration investigation revealed that the subject firm does not 
import any finished products that incorporate services like or directly 
competitive with the services supplied by the subject firm.
    Therefore, after careful review of the request for reconsideration, 
the Department determines that 29 CFR 90.18(c) has not been met.

Conclusion

    After careful review, I determine that the requirements of Section 
222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272, have not been met and, therefore, deny 
the petition for group eligibility of AT&T Corporation, a subsidiary of 
AT&T Inc., Business Billing Customer Care, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to 
apply for adjustment assistance, in accordance with Section 223 of the 
Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, on this 7th day of May, 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2014-11637 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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