DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,950

HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INFRASTRUCTURE) SERVICES DEPARTMENT
RICHARDSON, 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 June 15, 2017 by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Health Care Service Corporation, Information
Technology (Infrastructure) Services Department, Richardson,
Texas (Health Care Service Corporation-IT). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of health
insurance services. The subject workers (Health Care Service
Corporation-IT) are engaged in activities related to the
supply of information technology (IT) services. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
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 Health Care Service
Corporation-IT 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) service
like or directly competitive with the IT services supplied by
the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Health Care Service Corporation-IT.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Health Care Service
Corporation-IT, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of IT 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 Health Care Service Corporation,
Information Technology (Infrastructure) Services
Department, Richardson, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 14,
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 29th day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance