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TAW-73975  /  CareFusion 209, Incorporated (Middleton, WI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 04/06/2009
Filed Date: 04/22/2010
Most Recent Update: 08/03/2010
Determination Date: 08/03/2010
Expiration Date: 08/03/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,975

CAREFUSION 209, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK AND ADECCO
MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN

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
IV. 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 April 22, 2010 on behalf of workers of
CareFusion 209, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin (CareFusion). The
workers manufacture neurophysiological monitoring and
diagnostic equipment and audiological and hearing diagnostic
equipment. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of CareFusion, who
are engaged in employment related to neurophysiological
monitoring and diagnostic equipment and/or audiological and
hearing diagnostic equipment, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at CareFusion has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of
neurophysiological monitoring and diagnostic equipment and/or
audiological and hearing diagnostic equipment (or like or
directly competitive articles).
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Ireland contributed importantly to worker group
separations at CareFusion 209, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CareFusion 209, Inc.,
Middleton, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of neurophysiological monitoring and diagnostic
equipment and/or audiological and hearing diagnostic
equipment, 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 CareFusion 209, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Aerotek and Adecco, Middleton,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 6, 2009, 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 3rd day of August, 2010


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance