DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,980

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
CREDIT & FRAUD RISK CONTROLLERSHIP GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 July 5, 2016 on behalf of workers of American Express
Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Credit & Fraud Risk
Controllership Group, a subsidiary Of American Express
Company, Phoenix, Arizona. The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of services providing end-to-
end accounting and reporting while overseeing the functions of
Global Credit Reserves and provision expenses, ensuring the
control environment is operating effectively in order to deliver
timely and accurate financial statements, disclosures, SEC
reporting and regulatory reporting to a variety of internal and
external recipients.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and 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 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 American Express Travel Related Services
Company, Inc., Credit & Fraud Risk Controllership Group, a
subsidiary Of American Express Company, Phoenix, Arizona.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Express
Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Credit & Fraud Risk
Controllership Group, a subsidiary Of American Express
Company, Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of services providing end-to-end accounting and
reporting while overseeing the functions of Global Credit
Reserves and provision expenses, ensuring the control
environment is operating effectively in order to deliver timely
and accurate financial statements, disclosures, SEC reporting
and regulatory reporting to a variety of internal and external
recipients 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 American Express Travel Related Services
Company, Inc., Credit & Fraud Risk Controllership Group,
a subsidiary Of American Express Company, Phoenix,
Arizona, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 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 12th day of August, 2016

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance