DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,358

HSBC BANK TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES, USA (HTSU)
HSBC TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES
IT DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HSBC NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BLUENET TECHNOLOGIES, CAPGEMINI, COMPUTER TASK GROUP,
DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS CORP (DISYS), HUDSON STAFFING,
IBM, INFFINIX SOFTWARE, LIGHTHOUSE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, MASTECH,
MOODYS ANALYTICS, PALACE GATE CORPORATION
PRO TECH CONSULTING INC., PROVENIR, SUPERIOR GROUP,
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES AGENCY, AND TEK SYSTEMS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 December 11, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of HSBC Bank Technology and Services, USA (HTSU), HSBC
Technology and Services, IT Division, a subsidiary of HSBC North
American Holdings, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
BlueNet Technologies, Capgemini, Computer Task Group, Digital
Intelligence Systems Corp (DISYS), Hudson Staffing, IBM,
Inffinix Software, Lighthouse Technology Services, Mastech,
Moodys Analytics, Palace Gate Corporation, Pro Tech Consulting
Inc., Provenir, Superior Group, TATA Consultancy Services
Agency, and Tek Systems, New York, New York ("HSBC Bank
Technology and Services USA").
The workers are engaged in activities related to the supply
of information technology services for the subject firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in HSBC Bank Technology and Services
USA 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 services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations in
HSBC Bank Technology and Services USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HSBC Bank Technology
and Services, USA (HTSU), HSBC Technology and Services, IT
Division, a subsidiary of HSBC North American Holdings, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from BlueNet Technologies,
Capgemini, Computer Task Group, Digital Intelligence Systems
Corp (DISYS), Hudson Staffing, IBM, Inffinix Software,
Lighthouse Technology Services, Mastech, Moodys Analytics,
Palace Gate Corporation, Pro Tech Consulting Inc., Provenir,
Superior Group, TATA Consultancy Services Agency, and Tek
Systems, New York, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer 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 HSBC Bank Technology and Services, USA
(HTSU), HSBC Technology and Services, IT Division, a
subsidiary of HSBC North American Holdings, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from BlueNet Technologies, Capgemini,
Computer Task Group, Digital Intelligence Systems Corp
(DISYS), Hudson Staffing, IBM, Inffinix Software, Lighthouse
Technology Services, Mastech, Moodys Analytics, Palace Gate
Corporation, Pro Tech Consulting Inc., Provenir, Superior
Group, TATA Consultancy Services Agency, and Tek Systems,
New York, New York, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 8, 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 13th day of February 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance