DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,153

MEDQUIST, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES REPORTING TO
MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY

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 August 28, 2009 by the Oregon State Workforce Office
on behalf of workers of MedQuist, Inc., Mount Laurel, New
Jersey. The workers are engaged in providing medical
transcription services. The worker group includes workers
throughout the United States reporting to Mount Laurel, New
Jersey.
The investigation revealed that workers of MedQuist, Inc.,
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of medical transcription services, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from India services like or directly competitive
with the medical transcription services supplied by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
medical transcription services by MedQuist, Inc. from India
contributed importantly to home based worker group separations
at MedQuist, Inc., Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MedQuist, Inc., Mount
Laurel, New Jersey, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of medical transcription services, 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 MedQuist, Inc., Mount Laurel, New Jersey
including workers at home sites throughout the United
States, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 27, 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 22nd day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance