DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,881

OSSUR AMERICAS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF OSSUR AMERICAS HOLDINGS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCOUNTEMPS, HELPMATES,
MANPOWER, APPLEONE, VOLT, EXPRESS, TRI-STATE EMPLOYMENT, TALENT
TREE, ZONE, SOURCE ONCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS, ACCU STAFFING
SERVICES, INTEGRITY STAFFING SOLUTIONS, B.E.S.T. SERVICES
INC.,EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES, AND STAFFMARK
ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA

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 July 31, 2009 on behalf of workers of Ossur Americas
Inc., a subsidiary of Ossur Americas Holdings Inc., Aliso
Viejo, California (Ossur Aliso Viejo). The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of orthopedic bracing
and support products, and prosthetics. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The investigation revealed
that the worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Accountemps, Helpmates, Manpower, AppleOne, Volt, Express,
Tri-State Employment, Talent Tree, Zone, Source One Staffing
Solutions, ACCU Staffing Services, Integrity Staffing
Solutions, B.E.S.T. Services Inc., Express Personnel Services
and Staffmark.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ossur Aliso
Viejo who are engaged in activities related to the production
of orthopedic bracing and support products, and prosthetics meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of orthopedic bracing and support products, and
prosthetics decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
orthopedic bracing and support products, and prosthetics
produced at the subject firm have increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and production at Ossur
Aliso Viejo.









Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ossur Americas Inc.,
a subsidiary of Ossur Americas Holdings Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Accountemps, Helpmates, Manpower,
AppleOne, Volt, Express, Tri-State Employment, Talent Tree,
Zone, Source One Staffing Solutions, ACCU Staffing Services,
Integrity Staffing Solutions, B.E.S.T. Services Inc., Express
Personnel Services and Staffmark, Aliso Viejo, California, who
are engaged in activities related to production of orthopedic
bracing and support products, and prosthetics, 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 Ossur Americas Inc., a subsidiary of Ossur
Americas Holdings Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Accountemps, Helpmates, Manpower, AppleOne, Volt,
Express, Tri-State Employment, Talent Tree, Zone, Source
One Staffing Solutions, ACCU Staffing Services, Integrity
Staffing Solutions, B.E.S.T. Services Inc., Express
Personnel Services and Staffmark, Aliso Viejo,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 30, 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 12th day of January 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance