[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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