DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,999

TOUCHSENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF METHODE ELECTRONICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCED RESOURCES AND
STRATEGIC LABOR SOLUTIONS
WHEATON, ILLINOIS


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 June 18, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers of
TouchSensor Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary of Methode
Electronics, Wheaton, Illinois (TouchSensor). Workers of
TouchSensor are engaged in activities related to the production of
level sensors and the supply of related support services. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Advanced
Resources and Strategic Labor Solutions.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in TouchSensor 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
TouchSensor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TouchSensor, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of level sensors
and the supply of related support services, 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 TouchSensor Technologies, LLC, a subsidiary
of Methode Electronics, including on-site leased workers
from Advanced Resources and Strategic Labor Solutions,
Wheaton, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 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 18th day of August 2020.

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