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separated" Read the below determination. I would challenge them.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-85,182
M*MODAL SERVICES, LTD.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS MEDQUIST
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
Notice of Revised Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration
As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27,
section 405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAARA 2015,
to the facts of this petition (statutory reconsideration).
The initial investigation, initiated March 28, 2014, resulted in
a negative determination, issued on May 6, 2014, that was based
on the firm not producing an article. The determination was
applicable to workers and former workers of M*Modal Services,
Ltd., formerly known as MedQuist, Franklin, Tennessee (herein
referred to as “M*Modal Services, Ltd.”). The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of medical
transcription and billing services from remote-home locations
across the United States. The worker group was previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
under petition number TA-W-81,128 which expired on March 29, 2014.
Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determines that a shift in
medical transcription and billing services contributed to the
workers separations.
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
M*Modal Services, Ltd.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of M*Modal Services,
Ltd., formerly known as MedQuist, Franklin, Tennessee, who are
engaged in activities related to supply of medical transcription
and billing 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 M*Modal Services, Ltd., formerly known as MedQuist,
Franklin, Tennessee engaged in activities related to the supply of
medical transcription and billing services, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 30, 2014,
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 4th day of November, 2015
/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
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