DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,598

QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
PRODUCT AND TEST ENGINEERING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM, INC.
SAN DIEGO, 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 March 16, 2016 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Product and Test
Engineering Division, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego,
California (Qualcomm-Product and Test Engineering). The workers
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of market
and design of wireless telecommunications products and services.
The subject workers Qualcomm-Product and Test Engineering) are
engaged in activities related to the supply of new product
debug, product engineering, test engineering, failure
analysis, and yield management services.
The subject worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Qualcomm-Product and Test
Engineering 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 the service supplied by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to subject worker
group separations at Qualcomm-Product and Test Engineering
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Qualcomm-Product and
Test Engineering, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of new product debug, product engineering, test
engineering, failure analysis, and yield management 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 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Product and
Test Engineering Division, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc.,
San Diego, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 15, 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 2nd day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance