DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,523

SONY DADC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NEXUS EMPLOYMENT
SOLUTIONS PLUS, COWORX STAFFING SERVICES, RESOURCEMFG, AND
INDUSTRIAL OUTSOURCING SERVICES
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

Amended 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 issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on April 1, 2018, applicable to workers of Sony DADC, a
subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, including on-site
leased workers from Nexus Employment Solutions Plus, CoWorx
Staffing Services, and ResourceMFG, Terre Haute, Indiana. The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the Federal
Register on July 18, 2018 (83 FR 33955).
At the request of a state workforce office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
optical discs containing content in the CD, DVD, BD, and UHD
formats.
The subject firm reports that workers whose wages were
reported under Industrial Outsourcing Services were employed on-
site at the Terre Haute, Indiana, location of Sony DADC, a
subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, during the period
relevant to the investigation. The Department has determined that
these workers were sufficiently under the control of the subject
firm to be considered leased workers.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all
workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by the
acquisition from a foreign country of optical discs containing
content in the CD, DVD, BD, and UHD formats.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of Industrial Outsourcing Services
working on-site at Sony DADC’s facility in Terre Haute, Indiana.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-93,523 is hereby issued
as follows:
"All workers of Sony DADC, a subsidiary of Sony
Corporation of America, including on-site leased
workers from Nexus Employment Solutions Plus, CoWorx
Staffing Services, ResourceMFG, and Industrial
Outsourcing Services, Terre Haute, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 4, 2017, through April 1, 2020, 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 15th day of November, 2018.

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



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,523

SONY DADC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NEXUS EMPLOYMENT
SOLUTIONS PLUS, COWORX STAFFING SERVICES, AND RESOURCEMFG
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

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 February 6, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Sony DADC, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America,
including on-site leased workers from Nexus Employment
Solutions Plus, CoWorx Staffing Services, and ResourceMFG,
Terre Haute, Indiana (Sony DADC). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of optical discs
containing content in the CD, DVD, BD, and UHD formats.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner(s) and the workers' firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Sony
DADC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sony DADC, a
subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, including on-site
leased workers from Nexus Employment Solutions Plus, CoWorx
Staffing Services, and ResourceMFG, Terre Haute, Indiana, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of optical
discs containing content in the CD, DVD, BD, and UHD formats,
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 Sony DADC, a subsidiary of Sony
Corporation of America, including on-site leased workers
from Nexus Employment Solutions Plus, CoWorx Staffing
Services, and ResourceMFG, Terre Haute, Indiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 4, 2017 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 1st day of April 2018.

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