DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,119

DFS CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY STUDENT LOAN PRODUCTION SUPPORT DIVISION
"DSL" DATA CENTER COMPUTER OPERATIONS SUPPORT
A SUBSIDARY OF DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
PITTSFORD, NEW YORK

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 August 11, 2015 by an American Job Center on behalf of
workers of DFS Corporate Services, LLC, Business Technology
Student Loan Production Support Division, "DSL" Data Center
Computer Operations Support, a subsidiary of Discover Financial
Services, Pittsford, NY (DFS Corporate Services, LLC). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
marketing, origination and servicing of student loans. The worker
groups are not separately identifiable by services supplied by the
firm.
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 the appropriate subdivision of the
worker's 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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of a(n) services like
or directly competitive with the support services supplied by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at DFS Corporate Services, LLC.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DFS Corporate Services,
LLC, Business Technology Student Loan Production Support
Division, "DSL" Data Center Computer Operations Support, a
subsidiary of Discover Financial Services, Pittsford, NY, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of marketing,
originating and servicing of student loans, 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 DFS Corporate Services, LLC, Business
Technology Student Loan Production Support Division, "DSL"
Data Center Computer Operations Support, a subsidiary of
Discover Financial Services, Pittsford, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 1, 2014 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 13th day of November 2015.

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