DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,345

MEDTRONIC SPINE, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MEDTRONIC WORLD HEADQUARTERS
OPERATIONS & QUALITY CONTROL
SUNNYVALE, 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. (Set forth in 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 7, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Medtronic Spine, LLC, a subsidiary of Medtronic
World Headquarters, Operations & Quality Control, Sunnyvale,
California (Medtronic Spine, LLC). The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of medical devices.
The investigation revealed that workers of Medtronic Spine,
LLC, who are engaged in activities related to production of
medical devices, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted the production of medical devices to Switzerland.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of medical devices by Medtronic Spine, LLC,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Medtronic Spine, LLC.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Medtronic Spine, LLC,
a subsidiary of Medtronic World Headquarters, Operations &
Quality Control, Sunnyvale, California, who are engaged in
employment related to production of medical devices, 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 Medtronic Spine, LLC, a subsidiary of
Medtronic World Headquarters, Operations & Quality
Control, Sunnyvale, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 1,
2009, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 23rd day of September, 2010


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