DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,055

LEDVANCE LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER INC. AND
CONNECTED SYSTEMS PARTNERS
WILMINGTON, MASSACHUETTES

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 August 8, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of LEDVANCE LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Inc. and Connected Systems Partners, Wilmington,
Massachusetts (hereafter referred as "LEDVANCE LLC").
The group of workers are engaged in activities related to
the supply of payroll, finance, supply chain, R&D, IT, project
management and administrative services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner/workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at the 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 services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to subject worker group
separations at LEDVANCE LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LEDVANCE LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Inc. and
Connected Systems Partners, Wilmington, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of payroll, finance,
supply chain, R&D, IT, project management and administrative
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 LEDVANCE LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower Inc. and Connected Systems Partners,
Wilmington, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 7, 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 25th day of September 2019.

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