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TAW-73106  /  Open Solutions, Inc. (Windsor Locks, CT)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/15/2008
Filed Date: 12/16/2009
Most Recent Update: 05/20/2010
Determination Date: 05/20/2010
Expiration Date: 05/20/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,106

OPEN SOLUTIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HARPOON ACQUISITION CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LAUREN STAFFING, TARGET TEMPS, J. MORRISSEY,
STEWART STAFFING, AND STAFFING NOW
WINDSOR LOCKS, 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. (Set forth in 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 December 16, 2009 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Open Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of
Harpoon Acquisition Corporation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
(Open Solutions Windsor Locks). The workers are engaged in
activities related to financial software services for the
banking and credit union industry. The workers are not
separately identifiable by services.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
Lauren Staffing, Target Temps, J. Morrissey, Stewart Staffing,
and Staffing Now.
The investigation revealed that workers of Open Solutions
Windsor Locks who are engaged in activities related to
financial software services for the banking and credit union
industry meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in financial software services for the banking and credit
union industry by Open Solutions Windsor Locks to India.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in financial
software services for the banking and credit union industry by
Open Solutions Windsor Locks to India contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Open Solutions Windsor Locks.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Open Solutions, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Harpoon Acquisition Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Lauren Staffing, Target Temps, J.
Morrissey, Stewart Staffing and Staffing Now, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to financial
software services for the banking and credit union industry,
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 Open Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of
Harpoon Acquisition Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Lauren Staffing, Target Temps, J. Morrissey,
Stewart Staffing and Staffing Now, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 15, 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 20th day of May, 2010


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