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TAW-93166  /  Boca Raton Regional Center (Boca Raton, FL)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/21/2016
Filed Date: 09/22/2017
Most Recent Update: 10/19/2017
Determination Date: 10/19/2017
Expiration Date: 10/19/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,166

BOCA RATON REGIONAL CENTER
FORMERLY KNOWN AS TYCO
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON CONTROLS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE AND ROBERT HALF
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

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 22, 2017 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Boca Raton Regional Center, formerly known
as TYCO, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Boca Raton, Florida
("TYCO"). The subject group also includes on-site leased
workers from the KForce and Robert Half. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounting
services for the firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and open
sources.
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 TYCO.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boca Raton Regional
Center, formerly known as TYCO, a subsidiary of Johnson
Controls, including on-site leased workers from KForce and
Robert Half, Boca Raton, Florida, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of accounting services for the firm 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 Boca Raton Regional Center, formerly known
as TYCO, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, including on-
site leased workers from KForce and Robert Half, Boca
Raton, Florida, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 21, 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 19th day of October 2017.

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