DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W- 92,880

NEXON AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEXON CO. LIMITED (JAPAN)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TARGET CW & OFFER BASE DESIGNERS
EL SEGUNDO, 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 May 10, 2017 by the State of California on behalf of
workers of Nexon America, Inc., a subsidiary of Nexon Co.
Limited (Japan), including on-site leased workers from Target CW
and Offer Base Designers, El Segundo, California (Nexon
America). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of gaming entertainment.
"Firm includes an individual proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation (including a
development corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee
in bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court. A firm,
together with any predecessor or successor-in-interest, or
together with any affiliated firm controlled or substantially
beneficially owned by substantially the same persons, may be
considered a single firm." 29 CFR 90.2
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Nexon America 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 a portion of the
production of a(n) article like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Nexon America.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nexon America, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of gaming
entertainment, 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
"All workers of Nexon America, Inc., a subsidiary of Nexon
Co. Limited (Japan), including on-site leased workers from
Target CW and Offer Base Designers, El Segundo, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 9, 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 17th day of May 2018.

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