DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,822

RICOH USA, INC.
OPERATIONAL ACCOUNTING DIVISION
PRIVATELY HELD BY RICOH AMERICAS HOLDINGS, INC.
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 18, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Ricoh USA, Inc., Operational Accounting division,
privately held by Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
supply of office solutions, including office printing and
imaging equipment, audiovisual collaboration technologies,
production print solutions, document workflow solutions and IT
and technical support services. The worker group on whose
behalf the petition was filed concerns workers of the
Operational Accounting division that supply various internal
accounting services to the organization.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
Ricoh USA, Inc., Houston, Texas.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ricoh USA, Inc.,
Operational Accounting division, privately held by Ricoh
Americas Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply internal accounting services to
the organization, 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 Ricoh USA, Inc., Operational Accounting
division, privately held by Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.,
Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 17, 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 July 2020.

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