DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,052

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL
A SUBSIDIARY OF SAMSUNG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, MANPOWER, QUANTUM EPM, HUMANIX, SPHERION,
WHEELHOUSE, WAVETRIX INC., SPRING PERSONNEL, DFW TEXAS TECH, AND
FINANCIAL ADDITIONS
RICHARDSON, TEXAS

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 August 2, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of HARMAN International, a subsidiary of Samsung,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Manpower, Quantum
EPM, Humanix, Spherion, Wheelhouse, Wavetrix Inc., Spring
Personnel, DFW Texas Tech, and Financial Additions, Richardson,
Texas (“HARMAN International”). The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of video and control
technology products. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The worker group also comprises of remote workers reporting
from Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire,
Michigan, California, Nevada, New Jersey, Arizona, Ohio,
Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland,
Indiana, Oregon, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut,
Tennessee, Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia.
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 at HARMAN International 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at HARMAN International.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HARMAN International,
a subsidiary of Samsung, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Manpower, Quantum EPM, Humanix, Spherion, Wheelhouse,
Wavetrix Inc., Spring Personnel, DFW Texas Tech, and Financial
Additions, Richardson, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of video and control technology
products 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 HARMAN International, a subsidiary of
Samsung, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Manpower, Quantum EPM, Humanix, Spherion, Wheelhouse,
Wavetrix Inc., Spring Personnel, DFW Texas Tech, and
Financial Additions, Richardson, Texas who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August
1, 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 20th day of September 2017.

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