Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 10/24/2005
Filed Date: 10/27/2006
Most Recent Update: 11/21/2006
Determination Date: 11/21/2006
Expiration Date: 11/21/2008
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,320
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANIZATION
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
TA-W-60,320A
INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE IN SUPPORT OF AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, GLOBAL
INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANIZATION, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
LOCATED IN LOVELAND, COLORADO
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on November 21, 2006,
applicable to workers of Agilent Technologies, Global
Infrastructure Organization, Santa Clara, California. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on December 8, 2006 (71 FR
71195).
At the request of company officials, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that a worker separation occurred involving an
employee in support of the Santa Clara, California facility of
Agilent Technologies, Global Infrastructure Organization located
in Loveland, Colorado.
Mr. David Herder provided management function services of
the Global Infrastructure Organization’s programs and suppliers
for the Santa Clara, California location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include an employee in support of the Santa
Clara, California facility of Agilent Technologies, Global
Infrastructure Organization, located in Loveland, Colorado.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Agilent Technologies, Global Infrastructure
Organization, Santa Clara, California who were adversely affected
by increased company imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-60,320 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Agilent Technologies, Global
Infrastructure Organization, Santa Clara, California
(TA-W-60,320), and including an employee in support of
Agilent Technologies, Global Infrastructure
Organization, Santa Clara, California, located in
Loveland, Colorado (TA-W-60,320A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
October 24, 2005, through November 21, 2008, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 5th day of July 2007
/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,320
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
GLOBAL INFRACSTRUCTURE ORGANIZATION
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNINA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 27, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Agilent Technologies, Global Infrastructure
Organization, Santa Clara, California. Workers conduct business
services such as customer and quality, finance and administration,
human resources, and legal services.
Employment at the subject firm declined from 2005 to 2006.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject firm is related to increased imports of test and
measurement equipment by Agilent Tehcnologies, Inc., Electronic
Measurements Group, Santa Rosa, California, whose workers are
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA-W-
57,742).
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with test and measurement equipment
produced by Agilent Technologies, Electronic Measurements Group,
Santa Rosa, California, contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Agilent Technologies, Global Infrastructure
Organization, Santa Clara, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 24,
2005, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of November 2006
/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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