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TAW-81665  /  Strategic Resource Company (SRC) (Columbia, SC)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/30/2011
Filed Date: 05/31/2012
Most Recent Update: 06/22/2012
Determination Date: 06/22/2012
Expiration Date: 06/22/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,665

STRATEGIC RESOURCE COMPANY (SRC)
A SUBSIDIARY OF AETNA HEALTH HOLDINGS, LLC AND AETNA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PROCURESTAFF LTD
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
AND
INCLUDING TELEWORKERS FROM FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND
VIRGINIA REPORTING TO
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 May 31, 2012 on behalf of workers of Strategic
Resource Company (SRC), a subsidiary of Aetna Health Holdings,
LLC and Aetna, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of health
insurance services. Specifically, the workers provide billing
and administrative support activities. The subject worker
group includes workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages
were reported through Aetna Life Insurance Company. The
subject worker group also includes teleworkers who report from
their homes in South Carolina, Florida, and Virginia reporting
to Columbia, South Carolina.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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
SRC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Strategic Resource
Company (SRC), a subsidiary of Aetna Health Holdings, LLC and
Aetna, Inc., including workers on-site leased workers from
Procurestaff LTD, and including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Aetna Life
Insurance Company, and including teleworkers from Florida,
South Carolina, and Virginia reporting to Columbia, South
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of health insurance services (billing and administrative
support activities) 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 Strategic Resource Company (SRC), a
subsidiary of Aetna Health Holdings, LLC and Aetna, Inc.,
including workers on-site leased workers from
Procurestaff LTD, and including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Aetna Life Insurance Company, including teleworkers from
Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia reporting to
Columbia, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 30, 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 22nd day of June, 2012.


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