DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,358

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
WORKING ON-SITE AT
ALCATEL-LUCENT
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA

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:
(1) 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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 11, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Wipro Technologies, Alpharetta, Georgia (Wipro).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of business processing outsourcing and IT consulting. The group
works on-site at Alcatel-Lucent.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's client.
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 business
processing outsourcing and IT consulting services like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Wipro.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wipro Technologies,
working on-site at Alcatel-Lucent, Alpharetta, Georgia, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of business
processing outsourcing and IT consulting 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 Wipro Technologies, working on-site at
Alcatel-Lucent, Alpharetta, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 15,
2010, through two years from the date of 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 17th day of November, 2011.


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