DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,937

PANASONIC SOLAR NORTH AMERICA (PSNA)
A SUBSIDIARY OF PANASONIC NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM IMAGINE STAFFING
BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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 May 27, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Panasonic Solar North America (PSNA), a subsidiary
of Panasonic North America, Buffalo, New York (PSNA). The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Imagine Staffing. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of solar panels and solar cells used
in the manufacture of solar panels.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at PSNA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Panasonic Solar North
America (PSNA), a subsidiary of Panasonic North America,
including on-site leased workers from Imagine Staffing,
Buffalo, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of solar panels and solar cells used in the
manufacture of solar panels 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 Panasonic Solar North America (PSNA), a
subsidiary of Panasonic North America, including on-site
leased workers from Imagine Staffing, Buffalo, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 13, 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 13th day of July 2020.

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