DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,499

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF VOLT TEMPORARY STAFFING
PORTLAND, OREGON

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 7, 2011 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Standard Insurance Company, Information Technology
Department, a subsidiary of Stancorp Financial Group, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Volt Temporary Staffing,
Portland, Oregon. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of information technology services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with the information technology services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Standard Insurance Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Insurance
Company, Information Technology Department, a subsidiary of
Stancorp Financial Group, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Volt Temporary Staffing, Portland, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
technology 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 Standard Insurance Company, Information
Technology Department, a subsidiary of Stancorp Financial
Group, Inc., including on-site leased workers of Volt
Temporary Staffing, Portland, Oregon, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
September 26, 2010, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on December 20,
2011 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 17th day of November, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance