DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,049

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
CORPORATE/FINANCE/CONTROLLERS/ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS
SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT

TA-W-82,049A

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
CORPORATE/FINANCE/CONTROLLERS/ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS
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:
(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 October 4, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Corporate/Finance/Controllers/Accounting Operations, Simsbury
and Hartford, Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of financial services.
Workers in the Corporate/Finance/Controllers/Accounting
Operations group are separately identifiable from other
certified worker groups at the Simsbury and Hartford sites.
Other certified worker groups at the Simsbury,
Connecticut site include: the Operations/Personal
Lines/Support Services Division, covered under TA-W-81,869;
the Corporate/EIT/Consumer group, covered under TA-W-81,309;
the Enterprise Information Technology/EB&T/Billing and Audit
Division, covered under TA-W-74,396; and the IT/Group Benefits
Division, covered under TA-W-73,130; and the IT/Project
Management group, covered under TA-W-82,050.
Other certified worker groups at the Hartford,
Connecticut site include: the Corporate/Finance/Controllers
group, covered TA-W-81,158; the Corporate/EIT/CTO Database
Management Division, covered under TA-W-80,341; the EIT/TSS
Application Configuration Support (ACS) group, covered under
TA-W-75,165; the EIT/CCM/SMS (BI) group, covered under TA-W-
74,823B; the EIT/TSS/L2 Help Desk group, covered under TA-W-
74,823D; the EIT/CCM/Claims group covered under TA-W-74,823E;
the EIT/TSS/CITS group, covered under TA-W-74,823F; the
EIT/CCM/Reinsurance Accounting group, covered under TA-W-
74,823G; the EIT/CCM/Technology Shared Services group, covered
under TA-W-74,823; and the Enterprise Information
Technology/EB&T/Billing and Audit Division, covered under TA-
W-74,396; and the IT/Project Management group, covered under
TA-W-82,050.
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
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Corporate/Finance/Controllers/Accounting Operations, Simsbury
and Hartford, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., Corporate/Finance/Controllers/Accounting
Operations, Simsbury, Connecticut (TA-W-82,049), and Hartford,
Connecticut (TA-W-82,049A), who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of 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.,
Corporate/ Finance/ Controllers/ Accounting Operations,
Simsbury, Connecticut (TA-W-82,049), and Hartford,
Connecticut (TA-W-82,049A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October
3, 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 17th day of October, 2012.


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