DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,225

ADECCO ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
IDAHO TECHNICAL CENTER
WORKING ON-SITE AT HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
BOISE, IDAHO

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 9, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Adecco Engineering and Technical, Idaho Technical
Center, working on-site at Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise,
Idaho. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of testing and engineering services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the firm and the firm’s primary customer.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
testing and engineering services by Adecco Engineering and
Technical, Idaho Technical Center, Boise, Idaho have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
services like or directly competitive with the services
supplied by Adecco Engineering and Technical, Idaho Technical
Center, Boise, Idaho have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales declines at Adecco Engineering and
Technical, Idaho Technical Center, Boise, Idaho.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Adecco Engineering
and Technical, Idaho Technical Center, working on-site at
Hewlett-Packard Company, Boise, Idaho, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of testing and engineering
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 Adecco Engineering and Technical, Idaho
Technical Center, working on-site at Hewlett-Packard
Company, Boise, Idaho, 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 10th day of February, 2012

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