DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,658

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
CHARLOTTE SERVICE CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BEELINE
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA


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 23, 2009 on behalf of workers of Hartford
Financial Services, Charlotte Service Center, Charlotte, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in providing financial services.
The worker group includes on-site leased worker from Beeline.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hartford Financial
Services, who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
financial services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Hartford Financial Services
has acquired from India services like or directly competitive
with the services supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
financial services by Hartford Financial Services from a foreign
country contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Charlotte, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services, Charlotte Service Center, including on-site leased worker
from Beeline, Charlotte, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of financial 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 Hartford Financial Services, Charlotte Service
Center, including on-site leased workers from Beeline,
Charlotte, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 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 14th day of January, 2010

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