DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,858

MICROSEMI CORPORATION
RFIS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SUPERIOR STAFFING
FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA

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 August 6, 2012 by a company official on
behalf of workers of Microsemi Corporation, RFIS Division,
including on-site leased workers from Superior Staffing,
Folsom, California (Microsemi). The workers' firm is engaged
in the production of semiconductor parts used for aerospace
and defense applications.
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 production of
semiconductor parts like or directly competitive with those
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Microsemi.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Microsemi
Corporation, RFIS Division, including on-site leased workers
from Superior Staffing, Folsom, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of semiconductor parts,
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 Microsemi Corporation, RFIS Division,
including on-site leased workers from Superior Staffing,
Folsom, California who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 3, 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 20th day of August, 2012

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
____________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance