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TAW-94102  /  HP Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/28/2017
Filed Date: 08/30/2018
Most Recent Update: 11/01/2018
Determination Date: 11/01/2018
Expiration Date: 11/01/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,102

HP INC.
CONSUMER PCS, ACCESSORIES, DISPLAYS & SERVICES DIVISION
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

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 August 30, 2018, by a state workforce office on behalf
of the workers of HP Inc., Consumer PCs, Accessories, Displays &
Services division, Palo Alto, California (HP Inc.). The
investigation revealed that the reporting location of the worker
group is in Palo Alto, California and not Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Furthermore, it was revealed that the subject worker group is
inclusive of remote workers from Colorado and Texas.
The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of research and development services.
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 HP Inc. 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 services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations in HP
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HP Inc., Consumer PCs,
Accessories, Displays & Services division, Palo Alto, California
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of research
and development 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 HP Inc., Consumer PCs, Accessories, Displays
& Services division, Palo Alto, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August 28,
2017, 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 1st day of November 2018.

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