DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,036

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
BUSINESS OPERATIONS GROUP
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS

TA-W-75,036A

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
FINANCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS

Amended 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
(Department) issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance on April 7, 2011, applicable to
workers of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Business
Operations Group, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The workers provide
administrative, sales and distribution services. The Notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2011 (76 FR 22731).
At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information provided by the company shows that Business
Operations Group and Financial Services Organization are part of
the same administrative subdivision and work in conjunction with
one another in the same building, serve the same customer units
and both are impacted by the shift in services to India.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending the
certification to include employees of Financial Services
Organization of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois (TA-W-75,036A).
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by a
shift in services to India.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-75,036 is hereby issued
as follows:
“All workers of Panasonic Corporation of North America,
Business Operations Group, Rolling Meadows, Illinois (TA-W-
75,036) and Panasonic Corporation of North America, Financial
Services Organization, Rolling Meadows, Illinois (TA-W-
75,036A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 22, 2009 through April 7,
2013, 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 July 2011

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

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,036

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
BUSINESS OPERATIONS GROUP
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS


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 December 22, 2010 by workers of Panasonic Corporation of
North America, Business Operations Group, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois (Panasonic). The workers provide administrative, sales
and distribution services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Panasonic, who
are engaged in employment related to the supply of
administrative, sales and distribution services, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers at Panasonic has been totally or partially separated,
or threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Panasonic Corporation of
North America shifted to another country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the administrative, sales and
distribution services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to India
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Panasonic
Corporation of North America, Business Operations Group, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Panasonic Corporation
of North America, Business Operations Group, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois, who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
administrative, sales and distribution 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 Panasonic Corporation of North America,
Business Operations Group, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 22, 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 7th day April, 2011

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





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