DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,064

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
TEST TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT ENGINEERING GROUP
HOUSTON TEST FLOOR (HTF)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
STAFFORD, TEXAS

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 June 4, 2015 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Test Technology and Product
Engineering Group, Houston Test Floor (HTF), Stafford, Texas
(Texas Instruments). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of semiconductor chips. The subject
worker group supplies chip testing services. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Volt Workforce Solutions.
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 the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Texas Instruments.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Texas Instruments
Incorporated, Test Technology and Product Engineering Group,
Houston Test Floor (HTF), including on-site leased workers
from Volt Workforce Solutions, Stafford, Texas, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of chip testing 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 Texas Instruments Incorporated, Test
Technology and Product Engineering Group, Houston Test
Floor (HTF), including on-site leased workers from Volt
Workforce Solutions, Stafford, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 2,
2014, 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, 2016

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance