DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,139

SOMANETICS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COVIDIEN
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK AND CRITECH RESEARCH
TROY, MICHIGAN

TA-W-75,139A

SOMANETICS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COVIDIEN
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

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 January 25, 2011 on behalf of workers of Somanetics
Corporation, a subsidiary of Covidien, Troy, Michigan and
Gainesville, Florida. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of medical devices. The worker group
in Troy, Michigan includes on-site leased workers of Aerotek and
CriTech Research.
The investigation revealed that workers of Somanetics
Corporation, Troy, Michigan and Gainesville, Florida, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of medical
devices, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at each locations has been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the medical devices
produced by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Ireland has contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the two locations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Somanetics
Corporation, Troy, Michigan and Gainesville, Florida, 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 Somanetics Corporation, a subsidiary of
Covidien, including on-site leased workers of Aerotek and
CriTech Research, Troy, Michigan (TA-W-75,139), and
Gainesville, Florida (TA-W-75,139A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 24,
2010, 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 11th day of February, 2011


/s/Del Min Amy Chen_________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance