DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,181

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
PHILIPS ORAL HEALTHCARE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEADED WORKERS FROM ADECCO NORTH AMERICA
SNOQUALMIE, WASHINGTON

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 10, 2009 by a company official on behalf
of workers of Philips Electronics, Philips Oral Healthcare,
Inc., Snoqualmie, Washington. The worker group also includes
on-site leased workers of Adecco North America. The workers
produce handles and brush heads for rechargeable toothbrushes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Philips
Electronics, Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc., who are engaged in
employment related to production of handles and brush heads for
rechargeable toothbrushes meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment declined by
at least 5 percent during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to China the production of handles and brush heads
for rechargeable toothbrushes.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of handles
and brush heads for rechargeable toothbrushes to China by
Philips Electronics contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Philips Electronics,
Philips Oral Healthcare, Inc., including on-site leased workers
of Adecco North America who are engaged in employment related
to production of handles and brush heads for rechargeable
toothbrushes 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 Philips Electronics, Philips Oral
Healthcare, Inc., including on-site leased workers of
Adecco North America, Snoqualmie, Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 10, 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 24th day of June, 2009.


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