DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,922

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
STRATEGIC SOURCING DEPARTMENT
RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT

TA-W-72,922A

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION
REVENUE OPERATIONS
RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT


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 November 23, 2009 by on behalf of workers of Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Strategic Sourcing
Department, Ridgefield, Connecticut (TA-W-72,922) and
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation, Revenue Operations,
Ridgefield, Connecticut (TA-W-72,922A). The workers are engaged
in activities related to accounting services in support of
production of pharmaceuticals.
The investigation revealed that workers are engaged in
activities related to accounting services in support of
production of pharmaceuticals meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because 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.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
accounting services in support of production of
pharmaceuticals to India by the firm contributed importantly
to worker group separations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Strategic Sourcing Department,
Ridgefield, Connecticut (TA-W-72,922) and Boehringer Ingelheim
USA Corporation, Revenue Operations, Ridgefield, Connecticut
(TA-W-72,922A), who are engaged in activities related to
accounting services in support of production of
pharmaceuticals 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 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., Strategic Sourcing Department, Ridgefield,
Connecticut (TA-W-72,922) and Boehringer Ingelheim USA
Corporation, Revenue Operations, Ridgefield, Connecticut
(TA-W-72,922A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 19, 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 27th day of January, 2010.

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