DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,205

PRYSMIAN CABLES & SYSTEMS USA, LLC
F/K/A DRAKA CABLETEQ USA INC.
ENERGY DIVISION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
DRAKA CABLETEQ USA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TEAM EMPLOYMENT, LLC AND MANPOWERGROUP, INC
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS

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 September 24, 2019 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC,
f/k/a Draka Cableteq USA Inc., Energy division, including
workers whose wages were reported under Draka Cableteq USA
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Team Employment,
LLC and ManpowerGroup, INC, Hutchinson, Kansas (herein referred
to as "Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of cable assemblies.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Prysmian Cables and
Systems USA, LLC 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prysmian Cables and
Systems USA, LLC, f/k/a Draka Cableteq USA Inc., Energy
division, including workers whose wages were reported under
Draka Cableteq USA Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Team Employment, LLC and ManpowerGroup, INC, Hutchinson,
Kansas, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of cable assemblies, 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 Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC,
f/k/a Draka Cableteq USA Inc., Energy division, including
workers whose wages were reported under Draka Cableteq
USA Inc., including on-site leased workers from Team
Employment, LLC and ManpowerGroup, INC, Hutchinson,
Kansas who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 23, 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 4th day of December 2019.

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