DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,385

HEWLETT PACKARD
IMAGING AND PRINTING GROUP OPERATIONS
INCLUDING OFF-SITE WORKERS IN VARIOUS STATES THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPORTING TO
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

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 February 1, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hewlett Packard, Imaging and Printing Group (IPG)
Operations, Palo Alto, California (HP-IPG). The workers are
engaged in activities related to the supply of operational
support for the production of computer printer and imaging
products. The workers are not separately identifiable by
service supplied.
The subject group includes workers in various states
throughout the United States of America, including, but not
limited to, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and
Washington, who report to the Imaging and Printing Group
Operations unit located in Palo, Alto, California.
The investigation revealed that workers of HP-IPG, who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of operational
support services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers in HP-IPG have been totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because HP-IPG has shifted to
foreign countries the supply of services like or directly
competitive with the operational support services supplied by
the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to foreign countries has contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the afore-mentioned HP-IPG facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the workers of Hewlett Packard,
Imaging and Printing Group Operations, Palo Alto, California,
who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
operational support services for the production of computer
printer and imaging products, 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, Imaging and Printing
Group Operations, Palo Alto, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 28, 2009, 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 29th day of March, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance