DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,809

FORMFACTOR BEAVERTON
A SUBSIDIARY OF FORMFACTOR INC.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
BEAVERTON, OREGON


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 12, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of FormFactor Beaverton, a subsidiary
of FormFactor, Inc., Finance Department, Beaverton, Oregon
(FormFactor/Finance-Beaverton). The subject firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of semiconductor test
equipment. The subject worker group (FormFactor/Finance-
Beaverton) is engaged in activities related to the supply of
financial accounting services. The subject worker group did not
include on-site leased workers.
The petition alleges that a shift in the supply of services
to a foreign country contributed to worker separations at
FormFactor/Finance-Beaverton.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at FormFactor/Finance-Beaverton 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 financial accounting services
supplied by the subject worker group which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at FormFactor/Finance-Beaverton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of FormFactor/Finance-
Beaverton 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:
"Workers of FormFactor Beaverton, a subsidiary of
FormFactor, Inc., Finance Department, Beaverton, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 11, 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 21st day of December 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance