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TAW-72651  /  EDS An HP Company (Vandalia, OH)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 09/22/2008
Filed Date: 10/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/10/2010
Determination Date: 03/10/2010
Expiration Date: 03/10/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,651

EDS AN HP COMPANY
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE SERVICES
VANDALIA, OHIO

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 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Hewlett
Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, formerly known
as EDS, Vandalia, Ohio. The workers supplied infrastructure
technology and applications services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hewlett Packard
who are engaged in employment related to infrastructure
technology and applications services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from India, Mexico, and Spain by Hewlett Packard
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Vandalia, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS,
Vandalia, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to
infrastructure technology and applications 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 Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS, Vandalia,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 22, 2008, 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 10th day of March, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance