DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,774

ECOLAB
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO STAFFING
EAGAN, MINNESOTA

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 July 5, 2012 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Ecolab, Accounts Payable Department, Eagan,
Minnesota (Ecolab- Accounts Payable). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of account payable
services. The subject firm utilizes on-site leased workers
from Adecco Staffing. Workers are not separately identifiable
by service supplied.
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 workers in Ecolab-Accounts Payable
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened
with such separation.
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 subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ecolab- Accounts Payable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ecolab, Accounts
Payable Department, Eagan, Minnesota, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of account payable services,
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 Ecolab, Accounts Payable Department,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco Staffing,
Eagan, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 19th day of July, 2012


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