DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,446

WELLPOINT, INC.
NE ENROLLMENT AND BILLING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES AND POPULUS GROUP
NORTH HAVEN, CONNCTICUT

TA-W-81,446A

WELLPOINT, INC.
NE ENROLLMENT AND BILLING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES AND POPULUS GROUP
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

TA-W-81,446B

WELLPOINT, INC.
NE ENROLLMENT AND BILLING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES AND POPULUS GROUP
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE


Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on April 9, 2012, applicable to workers of
WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and Billing Division, including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly Services and Populus
Group, North Haven, Connecticut. The workers are engaged in the
supply of health insurance and related services. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 27, 2012 (77 FR
25201).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
Information shows that the Manchester, New Hampshire and South
Portland, Maine locations of the subject firm operated in the
same capacity through various processing services, and both
experienced worker separations during the relevant time period
due to the acquisition of services from abroad.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
include workers of the Manchester, New Hampshire and South
Portland, Maine locations of WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and
Billing Division.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
the acquisition of services from abroad.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,446 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers from WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and
Billing Division, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Kelly Services and Populus Group, North Haven,
Connecticut (TA-W-81,446), and all workers of
WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and Billing Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly
Services and Populus Group, Manchester, New Hampshire
(TA-W-81,446A), and all workers of WellPoint, Inc., NE
Enrollment and Billing Division, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly Services and Populus
Group, South Portland, Maine, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March
22, 2011 through April 9, 2014, 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 1074, as amended.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 25th day of July 2012

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,446

WELLPOINT, INC.
NE ENROLLMENT AND BILLING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES AND POPULUS GROUP
NORTH HAVEN, 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:
(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 March 23, 2012 by a state workforce official on behalf of
workers of WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and Billing Division,
North Haven, Connecticut (WellPoint, Inc., NE Enrollment and
Billing Division). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of health insurance and related services. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Kelly Services and Populus Group.
Workers of WellPoint, Inc., Anthem East, Enterprise Provider
Data Management Team, North Haven, Connecticut are certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition
number TA-W-74,895E. Workers of the NE Enrollment and Billing
Division are a separately identifiable worker group.
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 services supplied by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at WellPoint, Inc., NE
Enrollment and Billing Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WellPoint, Inc., NE
Enrollment and Billing Division, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Kelly Services and Populus Group, North Haven,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
health insurance and related 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., NE Enrollment and Billing
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Kelly
Services and Populus Group, North Haven, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 22, 2011 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 9th day of April, 2012.


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





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