DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,044

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
ARIBA UNIT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT TEAM
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM COGNIZANT
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 July 28, 2017, by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Ariba Unit
Technology Support Team, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Cognizant, Hartford, Connecticut ("Hartford Fire
Insurance Company - Ariba Unit Technology Support Team"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial services that include insurance protection and
investment products. The subject workers of the Ariba Unit
Technology Support Team supply procurement operations support
services internally to the subject firm. Workers are not
separately identifiable by the service supplied.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Hartford Fire Insurance Company - Ariba Unit
Technology Support Team.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Fire
Insurance Company, Ariba Unit Technology Support Team, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Cognizant, Hartford,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of procurement operations support 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 Fire Insurance Company, Ariba Unit
Technology Support Team, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Cognizant, Hartford, Connecticut,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 27, 2016, 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 1th day of September 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance