DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,465

HARMAN CONSUMER, INC.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
A DIVISION OF HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
NORTHRIDGE, 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 August 4, 2010 by a company official of Harman
Consumer Inc., Engineering Department, a division of Harman
International Industries, Inc., Northridge, California. The
workers are engaged in engineering and testing services of
consumer electronic products and are not separately
identifiable by service.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant percentage
of workers at the subject firm have been separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted engineering and testing services of consumer
electronic products to China during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in services
by the subject firm to China contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Harman Consumer
Inc., Engineering Department, a division of Harman
International Industries, Inc., Northridge, California, who are
engaged in engineering and testing services of consumer
electronic products, 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 Harman Consumer Inc., Engineering
Department, a division of Harman International
Industries, Inc., Northridge, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 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 26th day of August, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance