DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,702

BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.
BENCHMARK DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
SERVICES AND STAFF FINDERS, INC.
BEAVERTON, OREGON

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 28, 2009 on behalf of workers of Benchmark
Electronics, Inc., Benchmark Division, Beaverton, Oregon. The
workers are engaged in activities related to production of
finished circuit boards and system integration. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Express Personnel
Services and Staff Finders, LLC.
The investigation revealed that workers of Benchmark
Electronics, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
finished circuit boards and system integration meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have been separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Thailand by Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Beaverton, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Benchmark
Electronics, Inc., Benchmark Division, Beaverton, Oregon,
including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel Service
and Staff Finders, Inc., who are engaged in employment related
to finished circuit boards and system integration 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 Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Benchmark
Division, Beaverton, Oregon, including on-site leased
workers from Express Personnel Service and Staff Finders,
Inc., who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 16, 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 16th day of November, 2009

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