DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,966

QUINTILES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION
DATA MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 March 6, 2006, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Quintiles, Inc. a
subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational Corporation, Data Management
Department, Morrisville, North Carolina. Workers of the subject
firm are engaged in clinical data management services.
The investigation revealed that Quintiles, Inc. a subsidiary
of Quintiles Transnational Corporation, Data Management Department,
Morrisville, North Carolina, 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 clinical data management 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.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.










Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Quintiles, Inc. a subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational
Corporation, Data Management Department, Morrisville, North
Carolina are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 31st day of March 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance