DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,645

PARTECH, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF PARTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO AND STAFF WORKS
NEW HARTFORD, 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:
(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 May 22, 2012 by a one-stop operator/partner on behalf
of workers of ParTech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
PARTechnology Corporation, New Hartford, New York (ParTech).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of point of sales terminals. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco and Staff
Works.
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 to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at ParTech.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ParTech, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of PARTechnology Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco and Staff Works,
New Hartford, New York, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of point of sales terminals 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 ParTech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of PARTechnology Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco and Staff Works, New Hartford, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 17, 2011 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 15th day of June, 2012.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance