Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 03/04/2019
Filed Date: 03/06/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/26/2020
Determination Date: 03/26/2020
Expiration Date: 03/26/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,780
TEMP-FLEX, L.L.C.
A DIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF MOLEX, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM COWORX STAFFING AGENCY
SOUTH GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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 March 6, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Temp-Flex, L.L.C., a direct subsidiary of Molex,
LLC, South Grafton, Massachusetts ("Temp-Flex, L.L.C."). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of wire and cable used in test and measurement, medical, and
industrial applications. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from CoWorx Staffing Agency.
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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Temp-Flex, L.L.C.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Temp-Flex, L.L.C., a
direct subsidiary of Molex, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from CoWorx Staffing Agency, South Grafton,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of wire and cable used test and measurement,
medical, and industrial applications 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 Temp-Flex, L.L.C., a direct subsidiary of
Molex, LLC, including on-site leased workers from CoWorx
Staffing Agency, South Grafton, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 4, 2019, 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 March 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance