DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,599

EXAMONE
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN STATEMENTS DEPARTMENT
A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS SUBSIDIARY
LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on June 25, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by on behalf of workers at ExamOne,
Attending Physician Statements Department, a Quest Diagnostics
Subsidiary, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Workers of the department
perform call center telephone services, and are specifically
tasked with collecting medical records for life insurance
purposes.
The investigation revealed that ExamOne, Attending
Physician Statements Department, a Quest Diagnostics Subsidiary,
Lee's Summit, Missouri, does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) 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 and there must be a relationship between the workers'
work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The subject worker group does not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of ExamOne,
Attending Physician Statements Department, a Quest Diagnostics
Subsidiary, Lee's Summit, Missouri are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of July 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance