DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,890

GWINNETT MEDICAL CENTER
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on October 29, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Gwinnett
Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia. The workers were engaged
in medical charts coding.
The investigation revealed that Gwinnett Medical Center,
Lawrenceville, Georgia, does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or
on whose behalf certification is being sought) must work for a
"firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an article and
there must be a relationship between the workers' work and the
article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision.
The medical charts coding workers described above do not support a
firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and thus the worker group can not be considered import
impacted or affected by a shift in production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Gwinnett
Medical Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 24th day of November 2004

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance