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TAW-74298  /  The Travelers Indemnity Company (Hartford, CT)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/22/2009
Filed Date: 06/25/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/29/2010
Determination Date: 07/29/2010
Expiration Date: 07/29/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,298

THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION STATISTICAL REPORTING
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 25, 2010 on behalf of workers of The Travelers
Indemnity Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Travelers
Companies, Inc., Workers' Compensation Statistical Reporting,
Hartford, Connecticut (WC Statistical Reporting). The workers
are engaged in activities related to statistical reporting
services.
The investigation revealed that workers of WC Statistical
Reporting who are engaged in activities related to statistical
reporting meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at WC Statistical Reporting have been
threatened with total or partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by WC Statistical Reporting to a foreign country in the
supply of services like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
statistical reporting services to India by WC Statistical
Reporting contributed importantly to worker group separations
at WC Statistical Reporting.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Travelers
Indemnity Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Travelers
Companies, Inc., Workers' Compensation Statistical Reporting,
Hartford, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to
statistical reporting 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 The Travelers Indemnity Company, a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Travelers Companies, Inc., Workers'
Compensation Statistical Reporting, Hartford, Connecticut,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 22, 2009, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on 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, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance