Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 09/29/2010
Most Recent Update: 11/08/2010
Determination Date: 11/08/2010
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-74,671
HEWLETT PACKARD
GLOBAL PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN
GLOBAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES MANAGEMENT UNIT
INCLUDING TELEWORKERS REPORTING TO
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Notice of Intent to Terminate 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on November 8, 2010, applicable to workers
and former workers of Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply
Chain, Global Product Life Cycles Management Unit, including
teleworkers reporting to Houston, Texas (subject firm). The
Department’s Notice of certification was published in the
Federal Register on November 23, 2010 (75 FR 71460).
At the request of the State of Texas, the Department
reviewed the certification applicable to workers and former
workers of the subject firm. The State alleged that the subject
worker group is concurrently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits under a previously issued
certification.
The review of information supplied by the State shows that
the same worker group was covered under an existing
certification for all workers of Hewlett Packard Company,
Enterprise Business Division, Technical Services America, Global
Parts Supply Chain Group, including leased workers from QFlex,
North America Logistics and UPS teleworkers across Texas and on-
site, Houston, Texas (TA-W-74,466I; issued September 10, 2010).
The Department’s Notice of certification was published in the
Federal Register on September 10, 2010 (75 FR 57982).
Since eligible workers covered under TA-W-74,671 who have
not yet received TAA benefits will be eligible to apply for
these benefits under TA-W-74,466I (a certification issued two
months before TA-W-74,671), the Department is terminating the
later certification. It is the Department’s intent to terminate
the latter certification to correct the duplicate coverage of
eligible workers and the possibility of unintended duplication
of benefits.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.17(b), the group of workers or any
persons showing a substantial interest in the termination of
this certification are invited to submit written comments to the
Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, U.S. Department
of Labor, Room N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210, no later than ten (10) days from the
date of the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.17(d), any termination shall apply
only to those workers who are totally or partially separated
after the termination date specified in the determination.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of June, 2011
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
_____________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-74,671
HEWLETT PACKARD
GLOBAL PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN
GLOBAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES MANAGEMENT UNIT
INCLUDING TELEWORKERS REPORTING TO
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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 September 29, 2010 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply Chain,
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, Houston, Texas (HP-
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit). The workers supply
product life cycles management services, such as product
introduction readiness and part end-of-life management. The
worker group includes teleworkers who report to HP-Global
Produce Life Cycles Management Unit.
The investigation revealed that workers of HP-Global
Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of product life cycles
management services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at HP-Global Produce Life Cycles
Management Unit has been totally or partially separated or
threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers’ firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the product life cycles management
services supplied by HP-Global Produce Life Cycles Management
Unit.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at HP-
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, Houston, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard,
Global Parts Supply Chain, Global Produce Life Cycles Management
Unit, Houston, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to
the supply of product life cycles management 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 Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply Chain,
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit (including
teleworkers reporting to) Houston, Texas, who are engaged
in employment related to the supply of product life cycles
management services, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 23, 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 8th day of November, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-74,671
HEWLETT PACKARD
GLOBAL PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN
GLOBAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES MANAGEMENT UNIT
INCLUDING TELEWORKERS REPORTING TO
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Notice of Intent to Terminate 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on November 8, 2010, applicable to workers
and former workers of Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply
Chain, Global Product Life Cycles Management Unit, including
teleworkers reporting to Houston, Texas (subject firm). The
Department’s Notice of certification was published in the
Federal Register on November 23, 2010 (75 FR 71460).
At the request of the State of Texas, the Department
reviewed the certification applicable to workers and former
workers of the subject firm. The State alleged that the subject
worker group is concurrently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits under a previously issued
certification.
The review of information supplied by the State shows that
the same worker group was covered under an existing
certification for all workers of Hewlett Packard Company,
Enterprise Business Division, Technical Services America, Global
Parts Supply Chain Group, including leased workers from QFlex,
North America Logistics and UPS teleworkers across Texas and on-
site, Houston, Texas (TA-W-74,466I; issued September 10, 2010).
The Department’s Notice of certification was published in the
Federal Register on September 10, 2010 (75 FR 57982).
Since eligible workers covered under TA-W-74,671 who have
not yet received TAA benefits will be eligible to apply for
these benefits under TA-W-74,466I (a certification issued two
months before TA-W-74,671), the Department is terminating the
later certification. It is the Department’s intent to terminate
the latter certification to correct the duplicate coverage of
eligible workers and the possibility of unintended duplication
of benefits.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.17(b), the group of workers or any
persons showing a substantial interest in the termination of
this certification are invited to submit written comments to the
Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, U.S. Department
of Labor, Room N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210, no later than ten (10) days from the
date of the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.17(d), any termination shall apply
only to those workers who are totally or partially separated
after the termination date specified in the determination.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of June, 2011
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
_____________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-74,671
HEWLETT PACKARD
GLOBAL PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN
GLOBAL PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES MANAGEMENT UNIT
INCLUDING TELEWORKERS REPORTING TO
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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 September 29, 2010 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply Chain,
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, Houston, Texas (HP-
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit). The workers supply
product life cycles management services, such as product
introduction readiness and part end-of-life management. The
worker group includes teleworkers who report to HP-Global
Produce Life Cycles Management Unit.
The investigation revealed that workers of HP-Global
Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of product life cycles
management services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at HP-Global Produce Life Cycles
Management Unit has been totally or partially separated or
threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers’ firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the product life cycles management
services supplied by HP-Global Produce Life Cycles Management
Unit.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at HP-
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit, Houston, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard,
Global Parts Supply Chain, Global Produce Life Cycles Management
Unit, Houston, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to
the supply of product life cycles management 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 Hewlett Packard, Global Parts Supply Chain,
Global Produce Life Cycles Management Unit (including
teleworkers reporting to) Houston, Texas, who are engaged
in employment related to the supply of product life cycles
management services, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 23, 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 8th day of November, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance