DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,664

HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE, INC.
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT
NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply
for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 22, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hoffmann - La Roche, Inc., Biopharmaceutical
Manufacturing Department, Nutley, New Jersey. Workers, not
separately identifiable by product line, produce pegylated
interferon and daclizumab.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
decreased comparing 2005 to 2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm shifted its
production of pegylated interferon from Nutley, New Jersey to
Germany.
Moreover, the investigation revealed that it is likely that
imports of pegylated interferon will increase.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that workers possess skills that
are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that that there was a shift in
production from the subject firm to a foreign country of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm, and there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of like or directly competitive articles. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Hoffmann - La Roche, Inc., Biopharmaceutical
Manufacturing Department, Nutley, New Jersey who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 21, 2005 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974;" and
I further determine that all workers of Hoffmann - La Roche,
Inc., Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Department, Nutley, New
Jersey are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 25th day of January 2007


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