DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,530

HCL AMERICA INC.
ERS (ENGINEERING R&D SERVICES) DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HCL BERMUDA LTD. AND AXON GROUP LTD.
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS

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 February 8, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers
of HCL America Inc., ERS (Engineering R&D Services) division, a
subsidiary of HCL Bermuda Ltd. and Axon Group Ltd.,
Naperville, Illinois ("HCL America Inc."). The worker's firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of software
development, hardware development and test and related technical
support services.
Workers of HCL America Inc. were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-
W-91,242 which expired on February 21, 2018.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HCL America Inc., ERS
(Engineering R&D Services) division, a subsidiary of HCL
Bermuda Ltd. and Axon Group Ltd., Naperville, Illinois, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of software
development, hardware development and test and related technical
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 HCL America Inc., ERS (Engineering R&D
Services) division, a subsidiary of HCL Bermuda Ltd. and
Axon Group Ltd., Naperville, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
22, 2018, 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 8th day of March 2018.

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