[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 8596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02544]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-81,815]
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Commercial/Actuarial/
Information Delivery Services (IDS)/Corporate & Financial Reporting
Group, Hartford, CT; Notice of Negative Determination on
Reconsideration
On December 4, 2012, the Department of Labor issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers
and former workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Commercial/Actuarial/Information Delivery Services (IDS)/Corporate &
Financial Reporting group, Hartford, Connecticut (The Hartford-IDS
Group). The Department's Notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on January 4, 2013 (78 FR 773).
The Hartford-IDS Group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of financial services. The Hartford-IDS Group develops databases
for creating reports for corporate, regulatory, and financial services.
The Hartford-IDS Group is separately identifiable from other groups
within Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Workers within the Hartford-IDS Group provide business and
information technology applications for corporate, regulatory, and
financial reporting.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), reconsideration may be granted under
the following circumstances:
(1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
(2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the
decision.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
based on the findings that, with respect to Section 222(a) and Section
222(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the Act), Criterion (1)
has not been met because a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have not become totally or partially
separated, nor are they threatened to become totally or partially
separated.
The request for reconsideration states that ``The Hartford
Financial Services employs nearly 10,000 employees in Connecticut. The
majority work full-time hours and are employed at the 690 Asylum Ave,
Hartford, Connecticut site, the location of the petition in question *
* * According to a former employee * * * his Unit was an independent
unit isolated from others, but the information prepared by his unit,
the database, was used by many units within The Hartford. His
particular Unit encompassed roughly 75 employees. While only a few
workers have been laid off to date in the specific unit, the database
was used by * * * units that have been TAA-certified.''
Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation
confirmed that with respect to Section 222(a) and Section 222(b) of the
Act, Criterion (1) has not been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have not become totally
or partially separated, nor are they threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Significant number or proportion of the workers means that: (a) In
most cases the total or partial separations, or both, in a firm or
appropriate subdivision thereof, are the equivalent to a total
unemployment of five percent (5 percent) of the workers or 50 workers,
whichever is less; or (b) At least three workers in a firm (or
appropriate subdivision thereof) with a work force of fewer than 50
workers would ordinarily have to be affected (29 CFR 90.2).
A careful review of previously-submitted information and
information obtained during the reconsideration investigation revealed
that the worker group consisting of Hartford-IDS Group did not meet
this requirement.
The workers' firm has not been publically identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative finding of serious injury,
market disruption, or material injury, or threat thereof.
Therefore, after careful review of the request for reconsideration,
the Department determines that 29 CFR 90.18(c) has not been met.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that the requirements of Section
222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272, have not been met and, therefore, deny
the petition for group eligibility of Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., Commercial/Actuarial/Information Delivery Services (IDS)/
Corporate & Financial Reporting group, Hartford, Connecticut, to apply
for adjustment assistance, in accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. 2273.
Signed in Washington, DC, on this 11th day of January 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-02544 Filed 2-5-13; 8:45 am]
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