DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,065

POWER-ONE, INC.
DESIGN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 investigation was initiated on March 25, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the workers at Power-One, Inc.,
Design Engineering Department, Andover, Massachusetts. The
workers provided design engineering support related to AC/DC
power converter prototypes manufactured abroad.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Power-One,
Inc., Design Engineering Department, Andover, Massachusetts do
not produce and article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2)
of the Trade Act of 1974. In order to be considered eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The Design Engineering Group described above does
not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Power-One, Inc.,
Design Engineering Department, Andover, Massachusetts, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of April 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance