DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,580

BOSE CORPORATION
CORPORATE INFORMATION SERVICES (CIS) DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD, TATA
CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS) AMERICA, AND CAPGEMINI
STOW, MASSACHUSETTS

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 27, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Bose Corporation, Corporate Information Services
(CIS) Department, including on-site leased workers from
Randstad, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) America, and
Capgemini, Stow, Massachusetts (herein referred to as "Bose
Corporation"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of sound technology, speakers, and
headphones. The subject worker group includes those associated
with the CIS department, which provides internal technological
support and improvement services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 Bose Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bose Corporation,
Corporate Information Services (CIS) Department, including on-
site leased workers from Randstad, Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) America, and Capgemini, Stow, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of internal
technology support and improvement 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 Bose Corporation, Corporate Information
Services (CIS) Department, including on-site leased
workers from Randstad, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
America, and Capgemini, Stow, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 26, 2016 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 March 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance