FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   WELLINGTON SAMANTHA 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/19/2018 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TRINET GROUP INC [TNET] (Last) (First) (Middle) TRINET GROUP, INC., ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 600 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, CLO & SECRETARY 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) DUBLIN, CA 94568 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 27,882 (1) (2) (3) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WELLINGTON SAMANTHA TRINET GROUP, INC. ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 600 DUBLIN, CA 94568	Â	Â	  SVP, CLO & SECRETARY	Â

Signatures

/s/ Helen Hong, Attorney-in-fact		11/28/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 12,500 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") from an award of 25,000 RSUs granted on November 17, 2016. The RSUs are subject to a 4-year vesting schedule: one-fourth of the total number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date, and thereafter one-sixteenth of the total number of shares vesting quarterly on the 15th day of the second month of each calendar quarter following the grant date. The RSUs are also subject to accelerated vesting upon certain events.
(2)	Includes 1,518 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") from an award of 2,698 RSUs granted on March 24, 2017. The RSUs are subject to a 4-year vesting schedule: one-sixteenth of the total number of shares vesting quarterly on the 15th day of the second month of each calendar quarter following the grant date. The RSUs are also subject to accelerated vesting upon certain events.
(3)	Includes 3,414 unvested restricted stock units ("RSUs") from an award of 4,201 RSUs granted on March 8, 2018. The RSUs are subject to a 4-year vesting schedule: one-sixteenth of the total number of shares vesting quarterly on the 15th day of the second month of each calendar quarter following the grant date. The RSUs are also subject to accelerated vesting upon certain events.

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