DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,789

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BEELINE
FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT


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 November 9, 2009 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Claims Department, a subsidiary of Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., Farmington, Connecticut (The Hartford
Farmington). The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Beeline. The workers provide office processing and
clerical support services.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Hartford
Farmington who are engaged in employment related to office
processing and clerical support services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been an
acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of
services that are like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
office processing and clerical support services supplied from
India by The Hartford Farmington contributed importantly to
worker group separations at The Hartford Farmington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., Claims Department, a subsidiary of
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Beeline, Farmington, Connecticut, who are
engaged in employment related to office processing and clerical
support 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 Group, Inc.,
Claims Department, a subsidiary of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Beeline, Farmington, Connecticut, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
6, 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 16th day of March, 2010.

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