DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,143

CITIZENS BANK, NA
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BRIDGE TECHNICAL
SOLUTIONS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, INC., FRONTIER SYSTEMS
CONSULTING, INC., INTEPROS INCORPORATED, MAINLINE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, NTT DATA, TEKSYSTEMS, THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD, AND
THE JUDGE GROUP, INC.
RIVERSIDE, RHODE ISLAND

TA-W-91,143A

CITIZENS BANK, NA
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BRIDGE TECHNICAL
SOLUTIONS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, INC., FRONTIER SYSTEMS
CONSULTING, INC., INTEPROS INCORPORATED, MAINLINE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, NTT DATA, TEKSYSTEMS, THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD, AND
THE JUDGE GROUP, INC.
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND

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 November 16, 2015 on behalf of workers of Citizens
Bank, NA, Citizens Financial Group, Infrastructure Services
Division, Riverside, Rhode Island (TA-W-91,143) and Citizens
Bank, NA, Citizens Financial Group, Infrastructure Services
Division, Cranston, Rhode Island (TA-W-91,143A) (hereafter
collectively referred to as "Citizens Bank-Infrastructure
Services"). Workers of Citizens Bank-Infrastructure Services
are engaged in activities related to the supply of technology
support services.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Bridge Technical Solutions, Checks and Balances, Inc.,
Frontier Systems Consulting, Inc., Intrepos Incorporated,
Mainline Information Systems, NTT Data, TEKsystems, The
Computer Merchant, Ltd, and The Judge Group, Inc.
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 Citizens Bank-
Infrastructure Services 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 the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the supply of technology
support services supplied by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to subject worker group separations at
Citizens Bank-Infrastructure Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Citizens Bank-
Infrastructure Services, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of technology support 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 Citizens Bank, NA, Citizens Financial
Group, Infrastructure Services Division, including on-site
leased workers from Bridge Technical Solutions, Checks and
Balances, Inc., Frontier Systems Consulting, Inc., Intrepos
Incorporated, Mainline Information Systems, NTT Data,
TEKsystems, The Computer Merchant, Ltd, and The Judge
Group, Inc., Riverside, Rhode Island (TA-W-91,143) and
Citizens Bank, NA, Citizens Financial Group, Infrastructure
Services Division, including on-site leased workers from
Bridge Technical Solutions, Checks and Balances, Inc.,
Frontier Systems Consulting, Inc., Intrepos Incorporated,
Mainline Information Systems, NTT Data, TEKsystems, The
Computer Merchant, Ltd, and The Judge Group, Inc.,
Cranston, Rhode Island (TA-W-91,143A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
16, 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 26th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance