Certified
« back to search results

TAW-95085  /  Schneider Electric IT USA, Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/16/2018
Filed Date: 08/19/2019
Most Recent Update: 09/24/2019
Determination Date: 09/24/2019
Expiration Date: 09/24/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,085

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT USA, INC.
SECURE POWER: 3PHASE UPS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
COSTA MESA, 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 August 19, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Schneider Electric IT USA, Inc., Secure Power:
3Phase UPS Division, a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, Costa
Mesa, California ("Schneider"). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the supply of design services of highly
technical products concerned with the power conditioning and
backup power availability for Data Center application
services.
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 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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Schneider.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schneider Electric IT
USA, Inc., Secure Power: 3Phase UPS Division, a subsidiary of
Schneider Electric, Costa Mesa, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of design services of highly
technical products concerned with the power conditioning and
backup power availability for Data Center application 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 Schneider Electric IT USA, Inc., Secure
Power: 3Phase UPS Division, a subsidiary of Schneider
Electric, Costa Mesa, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 16,
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 24th day of September 2019.

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