DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,766

HARMONIC INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NORTHWEST CHIP DESIGN,
INC. AND WEST VALLEY STAFFING GROUP
BEAVERTON, OREGON

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 April 26, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Harmonic Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Northwest Chip Design, Inc. and West Valley Staffing
Group, Beaverton, Oregon ("Harmonic Inc."). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of high-quality
broadcast and OTT (over-the-top) video services. The subject
worker group is engaged in activities related to the supply of
customer support and product support services, and R&D.
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 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 Harmonic Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Harmonic Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Northwest Chip Design,
Inc. and West Valley Staffing Group, Beaverton, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of customer support
and product support services, and R&D, 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 Harmonic Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Northwest Chip Design, Inc. and West Valley
Staffing Group, Beaverton, Oregon, engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer support and product
support services, and R&D, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 25, 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 12th day of June 2018.

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