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TAW-74470  /  Standard Microsystems Corporation (Hauppauge, NY)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/02/2012
Filed Date: 08/04/2010
Most Recent Update: 08/19/2010
Determination Date: 08/19/2010
Expiration Date: 08/19/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,470

STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
ALSO KNOWN AS SMSC
PRODUCTION TEST DIVISION
HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK

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 one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Standard Microsystems Corporation, also
known as SMSC, Production Test Division, Hauppauge, New York
(hereinafter referred to as Standard Microsystems Corporation,
Production Test Division). The workers supply final testing
services for semiconductor devices.
The investigation revealed that workers of Standard
Microsystems Corporation, Production Test Division, who supply
final testing services for semiconductor devices, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with final testing services for semiconductor
devices supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
final testing services for semiconductor devices from Taiwan
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Hauppauge, New York facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Microsystems
Corporation, also known as SMSC, Production Test Division,
Hauppauge, New York, who supply final testing services for
semiconductor devices, 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 Standard Microsystems Corporation, also
known as SMSC, Production Test Division, Hauppauge, New
York, 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 19th day of August, 2010

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