DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,850

GEOMETRIC AMERICAS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HCL AMERICAS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PALAJ PACKAGING LLC
TROY, MICHIGAN

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 28, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Geometric Americas Inc., a subsidiary of HCL
Americas Inc., including on-site leased workers from Palaj
Packaging LLC, Troy, Michigan (herein referred to as
"Geometric Americas Inc"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of engineering services for
automotive customers. The workers the subject of the
investigation are engaged in activities related to the supply of
administrative (overhead) services pertaining to payroll
operations.
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 Geometric Americas Inc.
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 their supply of
administrative (overhead) services like or directly competitive
with the services supplied by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker separations at Geometric Americas Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Geometric Americas
Inc., a subsidiary of HCL Americas Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Palaj Packaging LLC, Troy, Michigan, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of
administrative (overhead) services pertaining to payroll
operations, 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 Geometric Americas Inc., a subsidiary of
HCL Americas Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Palaj Packaging LLC, Troy, Michigan, engaged in
activities related to the supply of administrative
(overhead) services pertaining to payroll operations, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 24, 2018 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 26th day of September 2019.

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