DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,165

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
EIT/TSS/APPLICATION CONFIGURATION SUPPORT (ACS)
HARTFORD, 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 February 2, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
EIT/TSS/Application Configuration Support (ACS), Hartford,
Connecticut. The workers provide financial services related to
insurance protection and investment products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., EIT/TSS/Application
Configuration Support (ACS), who are engaged in employment
related to financial services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated or threatened with
separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from a foreign country contributed importantly to
worker group separations in EIT/TSS/Application Configuration
Support (ACS).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., EIT/TSS/Application Configuration
Support (ACS), Hartford, Connecticut, who are engaged in
employment related to financial 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.,
EIT/TSS/Application Configuration Support (ACS),
Hartford, Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 31, 2010,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 28th day of February, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance