DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,903

POWEROHM RESISTORS
A DIVISION OF HUBBELL INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO AND
RANDSTAD MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS
KATY, 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 April 29, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Powerohm Resistors, a Division of Hubbell Industrial
Controls, Katy, Texas (Powerohm-Katy). Workers of Powerohm-Katy
are engaged in activities related to the production of various
forms of resistors for various applications. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Adecco and Randstad
Manufacturing and Logistics.
The petition states that worker separations are due to a
consolidation of production to a facility in a foreign country.
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 in Powerohm-Katy 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the resistors produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Powerohm-Katy.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Powerohm-Katy, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
resistors, 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 Powerohm Resistors, a Division of Hubbell
Industrial Controls, including on-site leased workers from
Adecco and Randstad Manufacturing and Logistics, Katy,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 27, 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 15th day of June 2020.

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