DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,130

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
IT/GROUP BENEFITS DIVISION
SIMSBURY, 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 December 22, 2009 by a State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
IT/Groups Benefits Division, Simsbury, Connecticut (Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc.). The workers are engaged in
activities related to IT production, maintenance and testing
services. The workers supply IT production, maintenance and
testing services to the Group Benefits Division.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., IT/Groups Benefits Division,
Simsbury, Connecticut who are engaged in activities related to
IT production, maintenance and testing services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of IT
production, maintenance and testing services to India by
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., IT/Groups Benefits Division, Simsbury,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to IT
production, maintenance and testing 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.,
IT/Groups Benefits Division, Simsbury, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 17, 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 April 2010


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