DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,415

COVIDIEN
MEDICAL DEVICES SECTOR
VASCULAR THERAPIES DIVISION
R&D - MANSFIELD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 14, 2012 on behalf of workers of Covidien,
Medical Devices Sector, Vascular Therapies Division, R&D
Center - Mansfield, Mansfield, Massachusetts (Covidien, R&D
Center - Mansfield). The workers' firm supplies research and
development services for medical devices and supplies. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Kelly Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Covidien, R&D Center - Mansfield.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Covidien, Medical
Devices Sector, Vascular Therapies Division, R&D Center -
Mansfield, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Mansfield, Massachusetts, who supply research and
development services for medical devices and supplies, 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 Covidien, Medical Devices Sector,
Vascular Therapies Division, R&D Center - Mansfield,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Mansfield, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 13, 2011
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 12th day of April, 2012


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