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TAW-75262F  /  Highmark (Johnstown, PA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/11/2010
Filed Date: 02/14/2011
Most Recent Update: 05/24/2011
Determination Date: 05/24/2011
Expiration Date: 05/24/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,262
HIGHMARK
HEALTH PLAN OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING WORKERS WORKING FROM THEIR HOMES IN
PENNSYLVANIA
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-75,262A
HIGHMARK
HEALTH PLAN OPERATIONS DIVISION
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-75,262B
HIGHMARK
HEALTH PLAN OPERATIONS DIVISION
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-75,262C
HIGHMARK
HEALTH PLAN OPERATIONS DIVISION
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 February 14, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Highmark, Health Plan Operations Division,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262), Highmark, Health Plan
Operations Division, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262A),
Highmark, Health Plan Operations, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
75,262B) and Highmark, Health Plan Operations Division,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262C) ("Highmark"). The
workers are engaged in activities related to supplying health
insurance services. TA-W-75,262 includes workers working from
their homes in Pennsylvania.
The investigation revealed that workers of Highmark who are
engaged in activities related to supplying insurance services
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Highmark have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been an
acquisition from a foreign country by Highmark of services that
are like or directly competitive with those supplied by the
Highmark.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
health insurance services from India by Highmark contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Highmark.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Highmark, Health Plan
Operations Division, including workers working from their
homes in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262),
Highmark, Health Plan Operations Division, Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262A), Highmark, Health Plan Operations
Division, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262B) and Highmark,
Health Plan Operations Division, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (TA-
W-75,262C), who are engaged in activities related to supplying
health insurance 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 Highmark, Health Plan Operations Division,
including workers working from their homes in
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262),
Highmark, Health Plan Operations Division, Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262A), Highmark, Health Plan
Operations Division, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262B)
and Highmark, Health Plan Operations, Johnstown,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-75,262C), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
11, 2010, 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 24th day of May, 2011.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner_________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance