DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,506

ECOLAB, INC.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEPARTMENT
EAGAN, MINNESOTA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009, on behalf of workers of Ecolab, Inc.,
Accounts Receivable Department, St. Paul, Minnesota. The
workers provide processing and research activities associated
with customer payments and accounts receivable. The
petitioner alleges that workers have been affected by a shift
in services to India.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ecolab, Inc.,
Accounts Receivable Department, who are engaged in employment
related to processing and research activities associated with
customer payments and accounts receivable meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because the subject firm has
separated at least 5 percent of the workers since 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Ecolab, Inc., has
outsourced services like or directly competitive with
processing and research activities associated with customer
payments and accounts from the Accounts Receivable Department
to India.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from India, by Ecolab, Inc., Accounts Receivable
Department, contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Ecolab, Inc., Accounts Receivable Department.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ecolab, Inc.,
Accounts Receivable Department, St. Paul, Minnesota, who are
engaged in employment related to processing and research
activities associated with customer payments and accounts
receivable accounts 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 Ecolab, Inc., Accounts Receivable
Department, St. Paul, Minnesota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 19th day of June, 2009.



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