DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,431

AMGEN, INC.
GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMGEN, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM APPLEONE, US TECH
SOLUTIONS, INC., COMPASS CONSULTING GROUP, AND BONAVOX GROUP LLC
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA

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 February 4, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of from Amgen, Inc., Global Business Services Group,
a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Appleone, US Tech Solutions, Inc., Compass Consulting
Group, and Bonavox Group LLC, Thousand Oaks, California. The
workers' firm is engaged in the activities related to the supply
of global business services; specifically, IS (networking
services, information management and analytics services and
others); Real Estate (occupancy planning services); Financial
Services (vendor payment services, employee payment services,
and others); and Vendor Services (sourcing services contracting
services, and vendor management services).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Amgen, Inc., a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc.,
Global Business Services Group, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Appleone, US Tech
Solutions, Inc., Compass Consulting Group and Bonavox Group
LLC, Thousand Oaks, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amgen, Inc., Global
Business Services Group, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Appleone, US Tech
Solutions, Inc., Compass Consulting Group, and Bonavox Group
LLC, Thousand Oaks, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of global business 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 Amgen, Inc., Global Business Services
Group, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Appleone, US Tech Solutions, Inc.,
Compass Consulting Group, and Bonavox Group LLC, Thousand
Oaks, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 3, 2015 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 16th day of June 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance