DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,418

VALENTE GLOBAL
VALENTE SOLUTIONS DIVISION
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 20, 2018 by state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of Valente Global, Valente
Solutions Division, Bellevue, Washington (Valente Global-
Solutions Division). Workers of Valente Global-Solutions
Division are engaged in activities related to the supply of
technical consulting services. The subject worker group does
not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and other sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Valente Global-Solutions
Division have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales by
Valente Global-Solutions Division have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
services by Valente Global-Solutions Division have increased
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales declines at Valente Global-Solutions
Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Valente Global-
Solutions Division, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of technical consulting 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 Valente Global, Valente Solutions Division,
Bellevue, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 18, 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 11th day of September 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance