DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,363

ERICSSON, INC.
BUSINESS UNIT SUPPORT SOLUTIONS (BUSS); SOLUTION AREA (SA);
OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS & BUSINESS SUPPORT SYSTEMS
(OSS&BSS); BUSINESS LINE (BL); CLASSIC (CL),
AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT (DU)
PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY

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 January 20, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ericsson, Inc., Business Unit Support Solutions
(BUSS); Solution Area (SA); Operations Support Systems &
Business Support Systems (OSS&BSS); Business Line (BL);
Classic (Cl), and Development Unit (DU), Piscataway, New
Jersey (herein known as "Ericsson, Inc." or "workers' firm").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of maintenance, support, and customized enhancement services
for a set of software products sold to US service providers.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Ericsson, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ericsson, Inc.,
Business Unit Support Solutions (BUSS); Solution Area (SA);
Operations Support Systems & Business Support Systems
(OSS&BSS); Business Line (BL); Classic (Cl), and Development
Unit (DU), Piscataway, New Jersey, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of maintenance, support, and
customized enhancement 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 Ericsson, Inc., Business Unit Support
Solutions (BUSS); Solution Area (SA); Operations Support
Systems & Business Support Systems (OSS&BSS); Business
Line (BL); Classic (Cl), and Development Unit (DU),
Piscataway, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 20, 2015
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 28th day of February 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance