DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,341

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CORPORATE/EIT/CTO DATABASE MANAGEMENT
INCLUDING WORKERS AT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT WHO REPORT TO
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

The initial investigation, initiated on August 5, 2011,
resulted in a negative determination based on the finding that
workers at the subject firm did not produce an article within the
meaning of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the Act). The
determination, issued on August 19, 2011, was applicable to workers
and former workers of Hartford Financial Services, Inc.,
Corporate/EIT/CTO Database Management, Hartford, Connecticut
(subject firm). The notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on September 2, 2011 (76 FR 54795). The workers
group includes workers at Hartford, Connecticut engaged in
financial services related to insurance protection and investment
products and workers employed at One Griffin Road, Windsor,
Connecticut who report to the Hartford, Connecticut facility
(collectively the “Corporate/EIT/CTO Database Management group”).
An application for administrative reconsideration of the
negative determination was denied on September 14, 2011. The
determination regarding the application was published in the
Federal Register on September 23, 2011 (76 FR 59170).
As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Extension
Act of 2011 (the TAAEA), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAAEA, to the facts
of this petition.
Based on a review of previously-submitted information, the
Department of Labor determines that workers of the subject firm
meet the eligibility criteria to apply for TAA.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the financial services supplied by the
subject worker group which contributed importantly to separations
in the Corporate/EIT/CTO Database Management group.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Hartford
Financial Services, Inc., Corporate/EIT/CTO Database Management,
Hartford, Connecticut, who were engaged in employment related to
provision of financial services related to insurance protection and
investment 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 Hartford Financial Services, Inc.,
Corporate/EIT/CTO Database Management, including workers at
Windsor, Connecticut who report to, Hartford, Connecticut,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after July 27, 2010, through two years from the date of
this certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on December
20, 2011 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 2nd day of December, 2011

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-80,341

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CORPORATE/EIT/CTO DATABASE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and (b)
of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For the
Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the following three
criteria must be met:
(1) 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 such workers' firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers’ firm must
have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase described in clause (ii) contributed
importantly to such workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision.

(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers’
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like
or directly competitive with articles which are produced
by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers’ firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers’ firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker certification
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), to workers of
a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the following criteria must be
met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers’ firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers’ firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to
a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production
is related to the article that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers’ firm is a supplier and the component parts
it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers’ firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers’ firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers’ separation or threat of separation.


Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms “Supplier” and “Downstream Producer.”
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 5, 2011 on behalf of workers of Hartford Financial
Services, Inc., Corporate/EIT/CTO/Database Management Division,
Hartford, Connecticut (The Hartford). The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of financial services.
Specifically, the workers provide information technology support
for the firm’s financial services such as insurance protection and
investment products.
The workers alleged that the work is being outsourced to a
vendor in India.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and petitioners.
The investigation revealed that The Hartford, does not produce
an article within the meaning of Section 222(a) or Section 222(b)
of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a “firm” or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article. The definition
of a firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, association, corporation (including a development
corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy,
and receiver under decree of any court.
During the investigation, the Department of Labor obtained
information that revealed that the workers’ firm did not produce an
article; rather, the workers’ firm supplied services related to
financial services.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Hartford Financial
Services, Inc., Corporate/EIT/CTO/Database Management Division,
Hartford, Connecticut engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial services are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of August, 2011


/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance








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