DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,679

INC RESEARCH CPU LLC
FORMERLY KENDLE INTERNATIONAL CPU LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF INC RESEARCH LLC
INCLUDING ON SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WVU MEDICAL CORPORATION
PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND KELLY SERVICES
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA

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 by three workers on June 4, 2012 on behalf of
workers of INC Research CPU LLC, formerly Kendle International
CPU LLC, a subsidiary of INC Research LLC, Morgantown, West
Virginia [INC Research]. The worker group is engaged in
activities related to the supply of clinical pharmaceutical
research. The firm utilizes on-site leased workers from WVU
Medical Corporation, Preston Memorial Hospital, and Kelly
Services.
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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of clinical
pharmaceutical research like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at INC Research.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of INC Research CPU
LLC, formerly Kendle International CPU LLC, a subsidiary of
INC Research LLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of clinical pharmaceutical
research, 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 INC Research CPU LLC, formerly Kendle
International CPU LLC, a subsidiary of INC Research LLC,
including on-site leased workers from WVU Medical
Corporation, Preston Memorial Hospital, and Kelly
Services, Morgantown, West Virginia, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May
30, 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 14th day of June, 2012

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