DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,829

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY (SIC)
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
THE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK (SNY)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT AND ROBERT HALF
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 May 21, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Standard Insurance Company (SIC), including workers
whose wages were reported under The Standard Life Insurance
Company of New York (SNY), Portland, Oregon ("SIC"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
group disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment,
dental, vision, accident, critical illness and hospital
indemnity insurance as well as individual disability insurance
and individual and group annuities services. The subject worker
group in question is engaged in administrative and tactical
work. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Volt and Robert Half.
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 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 SIC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Insurance
Company (SIC), including workers whose wages were reported
under The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York (SNY),
including on-site leased workers from Volt and Robert Half,
Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of administrative and tactical 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 Standard Insurance Company (SIC),
including workers whose wages were reported under The
Standard Life Insurance Company of New York (SNY),
including on-site leased workers from Volt and Robert
Half, Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 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 24th day of July 2019.

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