DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,543

RITE AID HEADQUARTERS CORPORATION
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COMPUTER OPERATIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF RITE AID CORPORATION
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

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 January 8, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf
of the workers of Rite Aid Headquarters Corporation,
Technology Services Computer Operations, a subsidiary of Rite
Aid Corporation, Lancaster, California (hereby referred to as
"Rite Aid Headquarters Corporation").
The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of monitoring and support services for computer
mainframe operations.
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 Rite Aid Headquarters
Corporation 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 services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations in Rite Aid Headquarters Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rite Aid Headquarters
Corporation, Technology Services Computer Operations, a
subsidiary of Rite Aid Corporation, Lancaster, California who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of monitoring
and support services for computer mainframe 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 Rite Aid Headquarters Corporation,
Technology Services Computer Operations, a subsidiary of
Rite Aid Corporation, Lancaster, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 7, 2019 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 13th day of May 2020.

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