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TAW-94959  /  Semco Instruments, Inc. (Valencia, CA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/01/2018
Filed Date: 07/02/2019
Most Recent Update: 07/22/2019
Determination Date: 07/22/2019
Expiration Date: 07/22/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,959

SEMCO INSTRUMENTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM QUANTUM STAFFING,
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT, TRIAD TECHNICAL STAFFING, AND AEROTEK
VALENCIA, 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 July 2, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Semco Instruments, Inc., Valencia, California
(herein referred to as "Semco Instruments-Valencia"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of cable harnesses, sensors, and thermocouples. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Quantum
Staffing, Express Employment, Triad Technical Staffing, and
Aerotek. Workers are not separately identifiable by article.
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 production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Semco Instruments-Valencia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Semco Instruments,
Inc., Valencia, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of cable harnesses, sensors, and
thermocouples, 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 Semco Instruments, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Quantum Staffing, Express Employment,
Triad Technical Staffing, and Aerotek, Valencia,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 1, 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 22nd day of July 2019.

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