DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,867

QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM, INC.
IPS HARDWARE GROUP
SAN DIEGO, 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 June 4, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm,
Inc., IPS Hardware Group, San Diego, California. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the supply of design and
development services.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a
subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., IPS Hardware Group, San Diego,
California 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 services like or
directly competitive with the design and development services
supplied by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a
subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., IPS Hardware Group, San Diego,
California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., IPS Hardware Group, San
Diego, California, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of design 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 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of
Qualcomm, Inc., IPS Hardware Group, San Diego, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 3, 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 July 2019.

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