DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,590

OPTOPLEX CORPORATION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER
PAYCHEX PEO SERVICE
FREMONT, 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 March 1, 2018 by an one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Optoplex Corporation, Fremont, California
(Optoplex Corporation). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of optical components for
the telecommunications industry. The subject worker group
includes workers whose wages are reported through Paychex PEO
Service.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Optoplex Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Optoplex Corporation,
including workers whose wages are reported under Paychex PEO
Service, Fremont, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of optical components for the
telecommunications industry 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 Optoplex Corporation, including workers
whose wages are reported under Paychex PEO Service,
Fremont, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 27, 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 13th day of April 2018.

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