DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,275

WELLPOINT, INC.
CASH APPLICATION CLAIMS, E&B CA LGGP, AND WEST HOST SIRF & B2
INCLUDING WORKER WAGES REPORTED UNDER
THE WELLPOINT COMPANIES, INC. AND BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA
AND
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BENDER, COMPUTER ENTERPRISES, INC., CREATIVES ON CALL, ICONMA,
INDECON,INC., KELLY, MAXIM HEALTHCARE, MEDPRO PERSONNEL, INC.,
PINNACLE TECHNICAL AND POPULUS GROUP
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA

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 15, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Wellpoint, Inc., Cash Applications - Claims, E&B CA
LGGP and West Host SIRF & B2, Woodland Hills, California
(Wellpoint). The workers are engaged in activities related to
supplying health insurance services. The group contains
worker wages reported under The Wellpoint Companies, Inc. and
Blue Cross of California. The group also contains on-site
leased workers from Bender, Computer Enterprises, Inc.,
Creatives on Call, Iconma, Indecon, Inc., Kelly, Maxim
Healthcare, MedPro Personnel, Inc., Pinnacle Technical and
Populus Group.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wellpoint who
are engaged in activities related to health insurance services
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Wellpoint have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Wellpoint to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by
Wellpoint.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
activities related to the supply of health insurance services
to Philippines by Wellpoint contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Wellpoint.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wellpoint, Inc., Cash
Applications - Claims, E&B CA LGGP and West Host SIRF & B2,
including worker wages reported under The Wellpoint Companies,
Inc. and Blue Cross of California and including on-site leased
workers from Bender, Computer Enterprises, Inc., Creatives on
Call, Iconma, Indecon, Inc., Kelly, Maxim Healthcare, MedPro
Personnel, Inc., Pinnacle Technical and Populus Group Woodland
Hills, California, who are engaged in activities related to
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 Wellpoint, Inc., Cash Applications -
Claims, E&B CA LGGP and West Host SIRF & B2, including
worker wages reported under The Wellpoint Companies, Inc.
and Blue Cross of California and including on-site leased
workers from Bender, Computer Enterprises, Inc.,
Creatives on Call, Iconma, Indecon, Inc., Kelly, Maxim
Healthcare, MedPro Personnel, Inc., Pinnacle Technical
and Populus Group Woodland Hills, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 14, 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 16th day of March, 2011.

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