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TAW-92755  /  Flex (Austin, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 11/26/2016
Filed Date: 03/24/2017
Most Recent Update: 01/18/2018
Determination Date: 01/18/2018
Expiration Date: 01/18/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,755

FLEX
A SUBDISIARY OF FLEX LTD.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER FLEXTRONICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, PRO-TECH, AND ONIN
AUSTIN, TX

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 24, 2017 by State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Flex, a subsidiary of Flex Ltd., Austin, Texas (Flex-
Austin). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of circuit boards. The worker group includes
workers whose wages are reported under Flextronics and
includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Pro-Tech, and
Onin.
Workers of Flex-Austin may have been eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-85,636
(certification expired November 25, 2016).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Flex-Austin 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 production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Flex-Austin.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flex-Austin, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of circuit
boards, 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 Flex, a subsidiary of Flex Ltd., including
workers whose wages are reported under Flextronics, and
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Pro-Tech,
and Onin, Austin, TX, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 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 18th day of January 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance