DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,156

ABBOTT POINT OF CARE
A DIVISION OF ABBOTT LABORATORIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, COLLABERA,
COLLABORATIVE LLC, COLLINS CONSULTING, CYBERSEARCH, INNOVATIVE
ALTERNATIVES, OFFICE TEAM, SELECT SOURCE INTERNATIONAL, TECHLINK
SYSTEMS, INC., AND THE FOUNTAIN GROUP
PRINCETON, 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).

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 February 1, 2011 on behalf of workers of Abbott Point of
Care, A Division of Abbott Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey
(Abbott). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of handheld blood analyzers. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Manpower, Collabera, Collaborative
LLC, Collins Consulting, CyberSearch, Innovative Alternatives,
Office Team, Select Source International, TechLink Systems, Inc.,
and The Fountain Group. Workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Abbott have met
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Abbott has been totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Abbott has shifted to a
foreign country the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the handheld blood analyzers produced by the
subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Singapore contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Abbott, Princeton, New Jersey.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Abbott, Princeton,
New Jersey, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of handheld blood analyzers, 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 Abbott Point of Care, a Division of Abbott
Laboratories, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Collabera, Collaborative LLC, Collins
Consulting, CyberSearch, Innovative Alternatives, Office
Team, Select Source International, TechLink Systems,
Inc., and The Fountain Group, Princeton, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 31, 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 17th day of March, 2011


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