DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,212

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
THE IT DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO, APEX, CODEWORKS,
COGNIZANT, INFOSYS, GENESIS, KFORCE, AND MANPOWER
FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN

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 October 6, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, IT
Department, including the on-site leased workers from Adecco,
Apex, Codeworks, Cognizant, Infosys, Genesis, Kforce, and
Manpower, Franklin, Wisconsin ("The Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of life insurance, disability insurance,
annuities, long-term care insurance, investment products, trust,
investment management and advisory products and services.
However, the worker group, the subject of the investigation, is
specifically engaged in activities related to the supply of
information technology services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the 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 acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company, IT Department, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Apex, Codeworks, Cognizant, Infosys,
Genesis, Kforce, and Manpower, Franklin, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
technology 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 The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company, the IT Department, including the on-site leased
workers from Adecco, Apex, Codeworks, Cognizant, Infosys,
Genesis, Kforce, and Manpower, Franklin, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 5, 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 31st day of October 2017.

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