DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,484

SOLARWORLD INDUSTRIES AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM RANDSTAD,
HILLSBORO, OREGON

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under
section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a company official on February 20, 2013 on behalf of
workers of SolarWorld Industries America, including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, Hillsboro, Oregon. The workers'
firm produces solar modules.
The investigation revealed that SolarWorld was publicly
identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a
member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a
category of determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). That determination was published
in the Federal Register on December 6, 2012, which is within one
year of the date of the petition.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SolarWorld Industries
America, Hillsboro, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to production of solar modules, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of SolarWorld Industries America, including on-
site leased workers from Randstad, Hillsboro, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 6, 2011, through December 6, 2013, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through December 6, 2013, 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 21st day of March, 2013


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