DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,064

VTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
HUMAN FACTORS DEPARTMENT
BEAVERTON, OREGON

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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on December 14, 2011, applicable to workers
of VTech Communications, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Express and Kelly IT, Beaverton, Oregon. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of phones.
Specifically, the workers were designing the user interface and
quality assurance for the phones. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on December 29, 2011 (76 FR 81989).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information from the company shows that the correct name of the
subject firm should read VTech Communications, Inc., Human
Factors Department, Beaverton, Oregon. New information
also shows that the Human Factors Department does not include on-
site leased workers. Therefore, the on-site leased workers from
Express and Kelly IT are removed form this certification.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to correct the name of the subject firm to read VTech
Communications, Inc., Human Factors Department, Beaverton,
Oregon. The intent of the Department’s certification is to
include all workers of the subject firm who were adversely
affected by the shift in production to a foreign country.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,064 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers from VTech Communications, Inc., Human
Factors Department, Beaverton, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 2010, through December 14, 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 1074, as amended.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 11th day of January 2012

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,064

VTECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS AND KELLY IT
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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers’
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2011 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of VTech Communications, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon (VTech).
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of phones. Specifically, the workers were designing
the user interface and quality assurance for the phones. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Express and Kelly
IT.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted production to a foreign country, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of VTech Communications,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express and Kelly IT,
Beaverton, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of phones 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 VTech Communications, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express and Kelly IT, Beaverton, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 13, 2010, 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 14th day of December, 2011.


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



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