DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,112

KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE
F/K/A KONGSBERG ACTUATION SYSTEMS, II
FLUID TRANSFER DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HUMAN TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED AND STAFF MASTERS
EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 September 5, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kongsberg Automotive f/k/a Kongsberg Actuation
Systems, II, Fluid Transfer Division, including on-site leased
workers from Human Technologies, Incorporated and Staff Masters
Easley, South Carolina (“Kongsberg Automotive”). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of fluid
lines for commercial vehicles (CV). The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
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 Kongsberg Automotive 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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Kongsberg Automotive.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kongsberg Automotive
f/k/a Kongsberg Actuation Systems, II, Fluid Transfer Division,
including on-site leased workers from Human Technologies,
Incorporated and Staff Masters, Easley, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of fluid lines
for commercial vehicles (CV) 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 Kongsberg Automotive f/k/a Kongsberg
Actuation Systems, II, Fluid Transfer Division, including
on-site leased workers from Human Technologies,
Incorporated and Staff Masters, Easley, South Carolina who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 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 26th day of September 2017.

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