DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,014

HCL AMERICA INC. WORKING ON-SITE
AT ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
DULUTH, 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:
(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 September 27, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of HCL America Inc. working on-site at Advanstar
Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of HCL Technologies Limited,
Duluth, Minnesota (HCL America). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of support of media publishing,
production, fulfillment, premedia services, digital and website
maintenance for book publisher.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at HCL
America.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HCL America Inc.
working on-site at Advanstar Communications, Inc., a subsidiary
of HCL Technologies Limited, Duluth, Minnesota, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of support of media
publishing, production, fulfillment, premedia services, digital
and website maintenance for book publisher 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 HCL America Inc. working on-site at
Advanstar Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of HCL
Technologies Limited, Duluth, Minnesota, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after September
26, 2011 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 30th day of November, 2012.

Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance