DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,840

ERICSSON INC.
PACKET CORE USER PLANE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP
BUSINESS AREA DIGITAL SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WIPRO
SANTA CLARA, 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 May 25, 2018 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Ericsson Inc., Packet Core User Plane Research and
Development Group, Business Area Digital Services Division,
including on-site leased workers from Wipro, Santa Clara,
California (Ericsson). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of research and development
services. Workers are not separately identifiable by function.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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(n) service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ericsson.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ericsson Inc., Packet
Core User Plane Research and Development Group, Business Area
Digital Services Division, including on-site leased workers
from Wipro, Santa Clara, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of research and development
services 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 Ericsson Inc., Packet Core User Plane
Research and Development Group, Business Area Digital
Services Division, including on-site leased workers from
Wipro, Santa Clara, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 24,
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 6th day of June 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance