DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,153

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
SYSTEM CONSISTENCY DIVISION
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 December 9, 2011 by state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Schneider Electric USA, Inc., a subsidiary of
Schneider Electric Industries SAS, System Consistency
Division, Finance Department, North Andover, Massachusetts.
The workers’ firm supplies engineering development services. The
worker group supplies financial administrative support services
including payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable
services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
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 to a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the financial administrative
support services supplied by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Schneider Electric
USA, Inc., System Consistency Division, Finance Department.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schneider Electric
USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Schneider Electric Industries SAS,
System Consistency Division, Finance Department, North
Andover, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of financial administrative support 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 Schneider Electric USA, Inc., a subsidiary
of Schneider Electric Industries SAS, System Consistency
Division, Finance Department, North Andover,
Massachusetts, 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 the 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 6th day of January, 2012
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance