DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,843

HTC AMERICA INNOVATION, INC.
STUDIO ENGINEERING GROUP
A DIVISION OF HTC CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PARKER STAFFING SERVICES LLC
AND REMOTE WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES REPORTING TO
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

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 by a State Workforce Office on August 1, 2012, on behalf
of workers of HTC America Innovation, Inc., Studio Engineering
Group, a division of HTC Corporation, Durham, North Carolina
(HTC America Innovation, Inc.). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the supply of strategy and research
and development services. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Parker Staffing Services LLC and remote
workers of HTC America Innovation, Inc. throughout the United
States who report to Durham, North Carolina.
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 strategy and research and
development services which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at HTC America Innovation, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HTC America
Innovation, Inc., Studio Engineering Group, a division of HTC
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Parker
Staffing Services LLC, and remote workers of HTC America
Innovation, Inc. throughout the United States who report to,
Durham, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of strategy and research and development
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 HTC America Innovation, Inc., Studio
Engineering Group, a division of HTC Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Parker Staffing
Services LLC, and remote workers of HTC America
Innovation, Inc. throughout the United States who report
to, Durham, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 18,
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 6th day of September, 2012.

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