DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,969

GE HEALTH SYSTEM SOLUTIONS HSS
CENTRICITY ENTERPRISE BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TCS AMERICAS AND KELLY SERVICES
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 13, 2013 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of GE Health System Solutions HSS, Centricity
Enterprise Business Unit, including on-site leased workers from
TCS Americas and Kelly Services, Seattle, Washington (hereafter
collectively referred to as "GE Health" or "subject firm"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
electronic medical records software development services used
by large hospital systems to manage patient care.
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) (A) (i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of electronic medical records software
development services by the subject firm have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a) (2) (A) (ii) has been met because company
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by the subject firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GE Health System
Solutions HSS, Centricity Enterprise Business Unit, including
on-site leased workers from TCS Americas and Kelly Services,
Seattle, Washington, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of electronic medical records software development
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 GE Health System Solutions HSS, Centricity
Enterprise Business Unit, including on-site leased workers
from TCS Americas and Kelly Services, Seattle, Washington,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 8, 2012, 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 18th day of September, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance