DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,375

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE STORAGE DIVISION
INCLUDING REMOTE WORKERS REPORTING FROM
CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, COLORADO, OKLAHOMA,
TENNESSEE, MICHIGAN, AND ARKANSAS
AND INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED UNDER ANOTHER FEIN NUMBER
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 28, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Enterprise Storage
Division, including remote workers reporting from Connecticut, New
Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan,
Arkansas and including workers whose unemployment insurance (UI)
wages are reported under another FEIN Number, Charlotte, North
Carolina (Hewlett Packard-Enterprise Storage). Workers of Hewlett
Packard-Enterprise Storage are engaged in activities related to
the supply of SAN and storage delivery services. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the investigation, the Department obtained information
from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Hewlett Packard-Enterprise Storage
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 the services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Hewlett
Packard-Enterprise Storage.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hewlett Packard-
Enterprise Storage, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of SAN and storage delivery 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 Enterprise, Enterprise
Storage Division, including remote workers reporting from
Connecticut, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Michigan, Arkansas and including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported under another
FEIN Number, Charlotte, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 27,
2015 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 9th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance