DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,518

SIGMA DESIGN, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT HP INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK INC.
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

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 February 7, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of the workers of Sigma Design, Inc., working on-site at HP
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Aerotek Inc.,
Vancouver, Washington (hereafter referred to as "Sigma Design,
Inc.").
The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
supply of product design and engineering services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a) (1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Sigma Design, Inc. 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 services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Sigma Design, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sigma Design, Inc.,
working on-site at HP Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek Inc., Vancouver, Washington who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of product design and
engineering 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 Sigma Design, Inc., working on-site at HP
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Aerotek Inc.,
Vancouver, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 4, 2018,
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 7th day of April 2019.

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