DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,581

BCBSM, INC.
D/B/A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA
QUALITY CONTROL AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES, SALO, STEVEN
WALTER SEMLER DBA LEARNINGS, AND INFOSYS
VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA

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 22, 2020 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of BCBSM, Inc., D/B/A Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Minnesota, Quality Control and Human Resources
Departments, including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Salo, Steven Walter Semler D/B/A Learnings, and Infosys, Virginia,
Minnesota (BCBSM, QC/HR-Virginia). Workers of BCBSM, QC/HR-
Virginia are engaged in activities related to the supply of
quality control and human resources services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in BCBSM, QC/HR-Virginia 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 a portion of the supply of
a(n) service like or directly competitive with the services
supplied the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at BCBSM, QC/HR-Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BCBSM, QC/HR-Virginia
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 BCBSM, Inc., D/B/A Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Minnesota, Quality Control and Human Resources Departments,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Salo,
Steven Walter Semler D/B/A Learnings, and Infosys, Virginia,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 21, 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 2nd day of November 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance