DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,994

HACH COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF DANAHER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESIONALS
GRANTS PASS, OREGON

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on January 20, 2010, applicable to workers of Hack
Company, a subsidiary of Danaher, Grants Pass, Oregon. The
workers produce devices used to test air and water quality.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March
5, 2010 (75 FR 10320).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The company
reports that workers leased from Express Employment Professionals
were employed on-site at the Grants Pass, Oregon location of Hach
Company, s subsidiary of Danaher. The Department has determined
that these workers were sufficiently under the control of Hach
Company, subsidiary of Danaher to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Express Employment
Professionals working on-site at the Grants Pass, Oregon location
of Hach Company, a subsidiary of Danaher.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-70,994 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Hach Company, a subsidiary of Danaher,
including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Grants Pass, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 4, 2008, through January 20, 2012, 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 15th day of March, 2011

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,994

HACH COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF DANAHER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON

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 June 5, 2009, on behalf of workers of Hach Company, a
subsidiary of Danaher, Grants Pass, Oregon. The workers produce
devices used to test air and water quality.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hach Company who
are engaged in employment related to the production of air and
water quality testing devices meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the Grants
Pass, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hach Company, a
subsidiary of Danaher, Grants Pass, Oregon, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of air and water quality
testing devices 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 Hach Company, a subsidiary of Danaher,
Grants Pass, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 4, 2008, 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 20th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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