DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration TA-W-73,676 TWO LOCATIONS IN ALABAMA: BIRMINGHAM AND MOBILE, ALABAMA TA-W-73,676A TWO LOCATIONS IN ARKANSAS: LITTLE ROCK AND LOWELL, ARKANSAS TA-W-73,676B EIGHT LOCATIONS IN ARIZONA: BULLHEAD CITY, CASA GRANDE, GILBERT, PRESCOTT, SAFFORD, SIERRA VISTA, TUCSON, AND YUMA, ARIZONA TA-W-73,676C NINE LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA: LANCASTER, OCEANSIDE, OXNARD, PALM DESERT, RANCHO CUCA, RIVERSIDE, SAN DIEGO, TEMECULA, AND VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA TA-W-73,676D ONE LOCATION IN COLORADO: DURANGO, COLORADO TA-W-73,676E ONE LOCATION IN CONNECTICUT: CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT
TA-W-73,676F SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA: FORT MYERS, GAINESVILLE, HUDSON, JACKSONVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAKELAND, MELBOURNE, MIRAMAR, OCALA, PANAMA CITY, PENSACOLA, SARASOTA, ST. AUGUSTINE, TALLAHASSEE, TAMPA, AND WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA TA-W-73,676G EIGHT LOCATIONS IN GEORGIA: ATHENS, COLUMBUS, CONYERS, DULUTH, GAINESVILLE, MACON, MARIETTA, AND ROME, GEORGIA TA-W-73,676H ONE LOCATION IN ILLINOIS: COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS TA-W-73,676I SIX LOCATIONS IN KANSAS: COLBY, DODGE CITY, FORT SCOTT, INDEPENDENCE, SALINA, AND WICHITA, KANSAS TA-W-73,676J THREE LOCATIONS IN LOUISIANA: BATON ROUGE, NEW ORLEANS, AND SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA TA-W-73,676K THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN MISSOURI: CAMERON, CAPE GIRARDEAU, COLUMBIA, FARMINGTON, FENTON, JOPLIN, LEE S SUMMIT, PLEASANT VALLEY, POPLAR BLUFF, ROLLA, SPRINGFIELD, ST. JOSEPH, AND ST. PETERS, MISSOURI TA-W-73,676L ONE LOCATION IN MISSISSIPPI: BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
TA-W-73,676M FOUR LOCATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA: ARDEN, MORRISVILLE, SOUTHERN PINES, AND WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA TA-W-73,676N FIVE LOCATIONS IN NEW MEXICO: ALBUQUERQUE, CLOVIS, FARMINGTON, HOBBS, AND ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO TA-W-73,676O TWO LOCATIONS IN NEVADA: HENDERSON AND SPARKS, NEVADA TA-W-73,676P ONE LOCATION IN OKLAHOMA: TULSA, OKLAHOMA TA-W-73,676Q FOUR LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA: DUNCAN, FLORENCE, NORTH CHARLES, AND WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA TA-W-73,676R NINE LOCATIONS IN TENNESSEE: CHATTANOOGA, CLARKSVILLE, COOKEVILLE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON CITY, MEMPHIS, MURFREESBORO, NASHVILLE, AND TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE TA-W-73,676S FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN TEXAS: AMARILLO, AUSTIN, BEAUMONT, CORPUS CHRISTI, EL PASO, HARLINGEN, HOUSTON (TWO LOCATIONS) IRVING, LEAGUE CITY, LUBBOCK, MIDLAND, NACODOCHES, AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
TA-W-73,676T TWO LOCATIONS IN UTAH: LAYTON AND SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TA-W-73,676U ONE LOCATION IN WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 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: I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers firm must have become totally or partially separated or be threatened with total or partial separation. II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either: (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 (i)(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.
III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must have contributed importantly to the workers separation or threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii). The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed on March 10, 2010 on behalf of workers of Apria Healthcare, Customer Service Department, Irving, Texas. Apria Healthcare provides homecare services from more than 500 branch offices across the United States. The workers provide data entry and administrative services. Workers at the Irving, Texas location are part of a larger worker group that provides data entry and administrative services for the Customer Service Department at numerous locations throughout the United States. The investigation established that worker separations in the Customer Service Department at all of the locations identified above are attributable to the same ongoing acquisition of services by the firm from a foreign country. Therefore, the investigation was expanded to include all workers in the Customer Service Department whose separation or threatened separation is attributable to the acquisition of data entry and administrative services from a foreign country. The investigation established that workers of Apria Healthcare, Customer Service Department, who are engaged in employment related to data entry and administrative services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of workers have been separated or are threatened with separation during the relevant period. Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers firm has acquired services from a foreign country like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers. Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of data entry and administrative services from a foreign country by Apria Healthcare contributed importantly to worker group separations and threatened separations in the Customer Service Department at each of the locations identified above. State and local workforce officials should be aware that the Department is continuing to investigate whether on-site leased workers are included in the worker group at any of the locations identified above, and may amend this certification as new information becomes available. In addition, the Department may amend this certification to include additional locations as more workers in the Customer Service Department become separated or threatened with separation, and where those new separations or threatened separations are attributable to the same acquisition of services from a foreign country. Due to the numerous locations and states that are affected by this certification, the company has requested that workforce system officials contact the human resources
representative assigned to their region. Officials from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee should contact Beth Timko at 813-880-2216. Officials from Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas should contact Jeff Pattison at 314-264- 6982. Officials from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Washington should contact Janine Polito at 480-718- 6959. Officials from Colorado and Illinois should contact Holly Rudnick at 847-252-2110. Officials from Connecticut should contact John Carroll at 610-859-3826. Conclusion After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I determine that workers of Apria Healthcare, Customer Service Department, who are engaged in employment related to data entry and administrative services at locations in 22 states, 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 Apria Healthcare, Customer Service Department, at the following locations: Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama (TA-W-73,676); Little Rock and Lowell, Arkansas (TA-W-73,676A); Bullhead City, Casa Grande, Gilbert, Prescott, Safford, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma, Arizona (TA-W-73,676B); Lancaster, Oceanside,
Oxnard, Palm Desert, Rancho Cuca, Riverside, San Diego, Temecula, and Victorville, California (TA-W-73,676C); Durango, Colorado (TA-W-73,676D); Cromwell, Connecticut (TA-W-73,676E); Fort Myers, Gainesville, Hudson, Jacksonville, Lake City, Lakeland, Melbourne, Miramar, Ocala, Panama City, Pensacola, Sarasota, St. Augustine, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, Florida (TA-W- 73,676F); Athens, Columbus, Conyers, Duluth, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, and Rome, Georgia (TA-W-73,676G); Collinsville, Illinois (TA-W-73,676H); Colby, Dodge City, Fort Scott, Independence, Salina, and Wichita, Kansas (TA-W-73,676I); Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Shreveport, Louisiana (TA-W-73,676J); Cameron, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Farmington, Fenton, Joplin, Lee s Summit, Pleasant Valley, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Springfield, St. Joseph, and St. Peters, Missouri (TA-W-73,676K); Biloxi, Mississippi (TA-W-73,676L); Arden, Morrisville, Southern Pines, and Wilmington, North Carolina (TA-W-73,676M); Albuquerque, Clovis, Farmington, Hobbs, and Roswell, New Mexico (TA-W-73,676N); Henderson and Sparks, Nevada (TA- W-73,676O); Tulsa, Oklahoma (TA-W-73,676P); Duncan, Florence, North Charles, and West Columbia, South Carolina (TA-W-73,676Q); Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cookeville, Jackson, Jefferson City, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville, and Tullahoma, Tennessee (TA-W-
73,676R); Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Harlingen, Houston (two locations), Irving, League City, Lubbock, Midland, Nacodoches, and San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-73,676S); Layton and Salt Lake City, Utah (TA-W-73,676T); and Spokane, Washington (TA-W-73,676U), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 8, 2009, 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 20th day of August, 2010 /s/michael W. Jaffe MICHAEL W. JAFFE Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance