DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,618

BANK OF AMERICA
HOME AFFORDABLE PROGRAM
A SUBSIDIARY OF BANK OF AMERICA N.A
PLANO, TEXAS

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 7, 2017 on behalf of workers of Bank of
America, Home Affordable Program, a subsidiary of Bank of
America N.A, Plano, Texas (Bank of America-Home Affordable
Program). Workers of Bank of America-Home Affordable Program
are engaged in activities related to the supply of mortgage and
vehicle servicing operations services. Workers of Bank of
America-Home Affordable Program are not separately identifiable
by service supplied. The subject worker group (Bank of America-
Home Affordable Program) does not include on-site
leased/temporary workers at 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 Bank of America-Home
Affordable Program 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 mortgage and vehicle
servicing operations services supplied by the workers, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Bank of
America-Home Affordable Program.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bank of America-Home
Affordable Program, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of mortgage and vehicle servicing operations 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 Bank of America, Home Affordable Program,
a subsidiary of Bank of America N.A, Plano, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 25, 2016, 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 8th day of August 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance