DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,731

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 2, 2009 on behalf of workers of Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (MetLife).
The workers provide administrative services such as mail
processing, outbound calling, information technology support,
data entry, and data processing of insurance claims. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of MetLife who are
engaged in activities related to administrative services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
administrative services to India by MetLife has contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Johnstown,
Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, including on-site leased workers from
Adecco, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to administrative services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco, Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 29, 2008, through two
years from the date of certification, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance