DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,699

LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION 23
SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM XENIA CORPORATION AND
WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
RICHARDSON, TEXAS

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 October 6, 2010 by workers of Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings, Information Technology Division 23, Software
Quality Assurance Department, Richardson, Texas (LabCorp). The
workers are engaged in employment related to the supply of
information technology support services -- software quality
assurance testing -- for medical laboratory testing. The worker
group includes on-site leased from Xenia Corporation and Wipro
Technologies.
The investigation revealed that workers of LabCorp,
Richardson, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of software quality assurance testing, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at LabCorp, Richardson,
Texas, has become totally or partially separated, or threatened
with such separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because LabCorp,
Richardson, Texas, has acquired from a foreign country services
like or directly competitive with the software quality
assurance testing supplied by LabCorp, Richardson, Texas.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the
acquisition of services from India contributed importantly to
worker separations at LabCorp, Richardson, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Laboratory
Corporation of America Holdings, Information Technology Division
23, Software Quality Assurance Department, Richardson, Texas,
who are engaged in employment related to the supply of software
quality assurance testing, 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 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings,
Information Technology Division 23, Software Quality
Assurance Department, including on-site leased workers from
Xenia Corporation and Wipro Technologies, Richardson,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 29, 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 23rd day of December, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance