DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,559

SYMMETRICOM, INC.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ALBANY STAFFING AND OFFICE TEAM
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 13, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Symmetricom, Inc., Engineering Department and
Information Technology Department, San Jose, California. The
workers are engaged in employment related to engineering and
information technology services. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Albany Staffing and Office Team.
The investigation revealed that workers of Symmetricom,
Inc., Engineering Department and Information Technology
Department, San Jose, California, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of engineering and information
technology services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers within the Engineering Department and Information
Technology Department have been totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Symmetricom, Inc., has
shifted to foreign countries the supply of engineering and
information technology services.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
contributed importantly to worker group separations within the
Engineering Department and Information Technology Department at
the San Jose, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Symmetricom, Inc.,
Engineering Department and Information Technology Department,
including on-site leased workers Albany Staffing and Office Team
San Jose, California, who are engaged in employment related to
engineering and information technology services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Symmetricom, Inc., Engineering Department
and Information Technology Department, including on-site
leased workers from Albany Staffing and Office Team, San
Jose, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 9, 2008, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of July, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance