DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,239

THE HERTZ TECHNOLOGY CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE HERTZ CORPORATION
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on April 24, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by workers of Hertz Technology Center, a
subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The
workers are application developers (programmers) that provide
technical support, enhancements, maintenance and service on Hertz
internal computer systems used in conducting Hertz business.
The investigation revealed that Hertz Technology Center, a
subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, does
not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of
the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers
described above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group
cannot be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Hertz Technology
Center, a subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of June 2008

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance