DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,907

LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP INC.
PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION TEAM
A SUBSIDIARY OF LMHC MASSACHUSETTS HOLDINGS INC.
SPRINGFIELD, 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 June 17, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Professional
Collaboration Team, a subsidiary of LMHC Massachusetts
Holdings Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts. The workers' firm
provides insurance products and services for individuals,
families, and businesses. The subject workers of the
Professional Collaboration Team are engaged in the supply of
data entry, document generation, paralegal services, and
operations.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the Professional
Collaboration Team which contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Springfield,
Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Liberty Mutual Group
Inc., Professional Collaboration Team, a subsidiary of LMHC
Massachusetts Holdings Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of data entry,
document generation, paralegal services, and operations, 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 Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Professional
Collaboration Team, a subsidiary of LMHC Massachusetts
Holdings Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 14, 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 28th day of July 2019.

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