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TAW-75238  /  McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Fort Washington, PA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 01/11/2010
Filed Date: 02/11/2011
Most Recent Update: 04/21/2011
Determination Date: 04/21/2011
Expiration Date: 04/21/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,238

MCNEIL CONSUMER HEALTHCARE
DIVISION OF MCNEIL-PPC, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF WORKSENSE
FORT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 11, 2011 on behalf of workers of McNeil
Consumer Healthcare Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., a subsidiary
of Johnson & Johnson, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania (McNeil).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of over-the-counter medication. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from WorkSense.
The investigation revealed that workers of McNeil who are
engaged in activities related to the production of over-the-
counter medication meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at McNeil have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by McNeil to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
McNeil.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of over-the-
counter medication to a foreign country by McNeil contributed
importantly to worker group separations at McNeil.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of McNeil Consumer
Healthcare Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., a subsidiary of
Johnson & Johnson, including on-site leased workers from
WorkSense, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of over-the-counter
medication 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 McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of
McNeil-PPC, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson,
including on-site leased workers from WorkSense, Fort
Washington, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 11, 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 21st day of April, 2011.

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