DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,512

HEWLETT PACKARD
PERSONAL SYSTEMS GROUP
NOTEBOOK GLOBAL BUSINESS UNIT
TOTAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CHIMES AND EMPLOYEES WORKING OFF-SITE IN
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, COLORADO, TEXAS, MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND KENTUCKY
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 October 7, 2009 on behalf of workers of Hewlett
Packard, Personal Systems Group, Notebook Global Business
Unit, Total Customer Experience, Houston, Texas (HP). The
workers are engaged in activities related to quality services
in support of the engineers of notebook computers at HP. The
group consists of on-site leased workers from Chimes and
employees who work off-site in California, Oregon, Colorado,
Texas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Kentucky.
The investigation revealed that workers of HP who are
engaged in employment related to quality service support for
engineers in support of production of notebook computers meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of supply of services like or directly competitive
with those produced/supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of quality
service in support of engineers of notebook computers to
Taiwan and China by HP contributed importantly to worker group
separations at HP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard,
Personal Systems Group, Notebook Global Business Unit, Total
Customer Experience, Houston, Texas, including on-site leased
workers from Chimes and HP employees working off-site in
California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Kentucky, who are engaged in activities related
to quality services in support of engineers of notebook
computers 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 Hewlett Packard, Personal Systems Group,
Notebook Global Business Unit, Total Customer Experience,
Houston, Texas, including on-site leased workers from
Chimes and HP employees working off-site in California,
Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 30, 2008, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 1st day of December, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance