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TAW-75166  /  Hewlett Packard Company (Minnetonka, MN)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/03/2010
Filed Date: 02/02/2011
Most Recent Update: 03/01/2011
Determination Date: 03/01/2011
Expiration Date: 03/01/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,166

HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
IMAGING AND PRINTING GROUP
GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS BUSINESS
LEI-SCITEX, MINNESOTA DIVISION
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA

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 Minnesota state workforce
official on behalf of workers of Hewlett Packard Company,
Imaging and Printing Group, Graphics Solutions Business, LEI-
Scitex - Minnesota Division, Minnetonka, Minnesota. The
workers provide engineering services for the design,
development, and production of wide-format UV printers.
Workers of Hewlett Packard Company, Imaging and Printing
Group, Graphics Solutions Business, LEI-Scitex - Minnesota
Division, Minnetonka, Minnesota were covered by certification
number TA-W-64,297 that expired on December 2, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hewlett Packard
Company, LEI Scitex - Minnesota Division, who are engaged in
employment related to engineering services, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation over
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
by Hewlett Packard Company contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Hewlett Packard Company, LEI Scitex -
Minnesota Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard
Company, Imaging and Printing Group, Graphics Solutions
Business, LEI-Scitex - Minnesota Division, Minnetonka,
Minnesota, who are engaged in employment related to engineering
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 Company, Imaging and
Printing Group, Graphics Solutions Business, LEI-Scitex -
Minnesota Division, Minnetonka, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 3, 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 1st day of March, 2011


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