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TAW-74189  /  Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Liberty Lake, WA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/02/2009
Filed Date: 06/04/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/15/2010
Determination Date: 07/15/2010
Expiration Date: 07/15/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,189

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS,
ABM JANITORIAL SERVICES, BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA, G4S
WACKENHUT SERCURITY SERVICES, CDI CORPORATION, NAL SYNCREON, HCL
AMERICAS, INC. AND JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON

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 June 4, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Agilent Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington.
The workers are engaged in the production of test equipment,
including software and hardware development, for the electronic
industry.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Volt
Workforce Solutions, ABM Janitorial Services, Bureau Veritas
North America, G4S Wackenhut Security Service, CDI Corporation,
Nal Syncreon, HCL Americas, Inc. and Johnson Controls, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers at Agilent
Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington, including on-site
leased workers, meets the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Agilent Technologies, Inc., Liberty
Lake, Washington was totally or partially separated, or
threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Agilent Technologies,
Inc. has shifted to foreign countries the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the test equipment
produced by the subject workers.

Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of test equipment to Korea and China contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Liberty Lake,
Washington facility.


Conclusion:
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Agilent Technologies,
Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of test equipment, 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 Agilent Technologies, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Volt Workforce Solutions, ABM
Janitorial Services, Bureau Veritas North America, G4S
Wackenhut Security Service, CDI Corporation, Nal Syncreon,
HCL Americas, Inc. and Johnson Controls, Inc., Liberty
Lake, Washington, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 2, 2009, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 15th day of July, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance