Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 04/28/2002
Filed Date: 05/01/2003
Most Recent Update: 06/10/2003
Determination Date: 06/10/2003
Expiration Date: 02/12/2006
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-51,655
TIMEPLEX, LLC
A DIVISION OF PLATINUM EQUITY HOLDINGS
HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on May 1, 2003 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of the workers at Timeplex LLC,
Hackensack, New Jersey. The workers at the subject firm produced
telecommunications equipment (wide-area network systems, data
transmission and broadband access devices).
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) are not met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company imports
of telecommunications equipment, nor was there a shift in
production of telecommunications equipment to a foreign country
during the period under investigation.
The sole customer is an affiliate of the subject firm. The
customer reports no imports of telecommunications equipment.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Timeplex, LLC, a division of Platinum Equity Holdings, Hackensack,
New Jersey are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of June, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance