[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76386-76387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29828]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-85,468]


Comcast Cable Central Division Customer Care, Alpharetta, 
Georgia; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated October 21, 2014, workers requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department of Labor's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of Comcast 
Cable, Central Division Customer Care, Alpharetta, Georgia (subject 
firm). The determination was issued on September 22, 2014. The 
Department's Notice of determination was published in the Federal 
Register on October 21, 2014 (79 FR 62971).
    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 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.

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    The negative determination was based on the Department's findings 
that the subject firm does not produce an article within the meaning of 
Section 222(a) or Section 222(b) of the Act. In order to be considered 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose 
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a ``firm'' or 
appropriate subdivision that produces an article. The definition of a 
firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, 
association, corporation (including a development corporation), 
business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, and receiver under 
decree of any court.
    During the investigation, the Department obtained information that 
revealed that the subject firm did not produce an article; rather, the 
subject firm supplied services related to call center services.
    In the request for reconsideration, the workers assert that their 
jobs were outsourced to foreign countries but did not provide 
information pertaining to the subject firm producing an article. 29 CFR 
90.
    The petitioners did not supply facts not previously considered; nor 
provide additional documentation indicating that there was either (1) a 
mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered or (2) 
a misinterpretation of facts or of the law justifying reconsideration 
of the initial determination. Based on these findings, the Department 
determines that 29 CFR 90.18(c) has not been met.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application and investigative findings, 
I conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of December, 2014
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2014-29828 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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