DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,266

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT
MOOSIC, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-74,266A

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT
DUBUQUE, IOWA

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 June 18, 2010 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Prudential
Retirement, Moosic, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,266) and Prudential
Insurance Company of America, Prudential Retirement, Dubuques,
Iowa (TA-W-74,266A). Workers are separately identifiable by
geographical location but not by service.
The investigation revealed that workers under case numbers
TA-W-74,266 and TA-W-74,266A, who are engaged in activities
related to information system support service, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted information system support service to India during the
relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
information system support service by the subject firm
contributed importantly to the worker separations during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prudential Insurance
Company of America, Prudential Retirement, Moosic,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,266) and Prudential Insurance Company of
America, Prudential Retirement, Dubuques, Iowa (TA-W-74,266A),
who are engaged in activities related to information support
system service, 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 Prudential Insurance Company of America,
Prudential Retirement, Moosic, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,266)
and Prudential Insurance Company of America, Prudential
Retirement, Dubuques, Iowa (TA-W-74,266A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 17, 2009, 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 July, 2010

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance