Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 04/12/2018
Filed Date: 04/15/2019
Most Recent Update: 05/22/2019
Determination Date: 05/22/2019
Expiration Date: 05/22/2021
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-94,730
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
PARTNERS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE -
HEALTHCARE INNOVATION PLATFORM (HIP)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MOUNTAIN GAP SOLUTIONS, BULLFINCH TEMPORARY SERVICE,
HOWARD TEMPERO, AND AUGUSTIN BA
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
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 April 15, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Partners
Personalized Medicine - Healthcare Innovation Platform (HIP),
Cambridge, Massachusetts ("Partners HealthCare System, Inc.").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of IT support services primarily in the form of IT
implementation for clinical functions for member hospitals of
Partners HealthCare such as BWH (Brigham and Women's
Hospital). The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Mountain Gap Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary
Service, Howard Tempero, and Augustin Ba. The address
originally listed within the petition (Boston, Massachusetts) is
not the location in which the workers the subject of the
investigation were located within. It was confirmed that the
correct location was Cambridge, Massachusetts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Partners HealthCare
System, Inc., Partners Personalized Medicine - Healthcare
Innovation Platform (HIP), including on-site leased workers
from Mountain Gap Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary Service,
Howard Tempero, and Augustin Ba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of IT support
services primarily in the form of IT implementation for
clinical functions for member hospitals of Partners HealthCare
such as BWH (Brigham and Women's Hospital) 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 Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Partners
Personalized Medicine-Healthcare Innovation Platform
(HIP), including on-site leased workers from Mountain Gap
Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary Service, Howard Tempero,
and Augustin Ba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 12, 2018, 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 22nd day of May 2019.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-94,730
PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
PARTNERS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE -
HEALTHCARE INNOVATION PLATFORM (HIP)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MOUNTAIN GAP SOLUTIONS, BULLFINCH TEMPORARY SERVICE,
HOWARD TEMPERO, AND AUGUSTIN BA
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
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 April 15, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Partners
Personalized Medicine - Healthcare Innovation Platform (HIP),
Cambridge, Massachusetts ("Partners HealthCare System, Inc.").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of IT support services primarily in the form of IT
implementation for clinical functions for member hospitals of
Partners HealthCare such as BWH (Brigham and Women's
Hospital). The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Mountain Gap Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary
Service, Howard Tempero, and Augustin Ba. The address
originally listed within the petition (Boston, Massachusetts) is
not the location in which the workers the subject of the
investigation were located within. It was confirmed that the
correct location was Cambridge, Massachusetts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Partners HealthCare
System, Inc., Partners Personalized Medicine - Healthcare
Innovation Platform (HIP), including on-site leased workers
from Mountain Gap Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary Service,
Howard Tempero, and Augustin Ba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of IT support
services primarily in the form of IT implementation for
clinical functions for member hospitals of Partners HealthCare
such as BWH (Brigham and Women's Hospital) 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 Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Partners
Personalized Medicine-Healthcare Innovation Platform
(HIP), including on-site leased workers from Mountain Gap
Solutions, Bullfinch Temporary Service, Howard Tempero,
and Augustin Ba, Cambridge, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 12, 2018, 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 22nd day of May 2019.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance