DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,087

MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY
A SUBSIDIARY OF MEDTRONIC, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE PAID UNDER PEAK SURGICAL,
INC. AND INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ATR, TRENDTEC, AND VALIDANT
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA


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 October 17, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Medtronic Advanced Energy, a subsidiary of
Medtronic, Inc., Palo Alto, California (subject firm). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of surgical tools. The workers are not separately
identifiable by article. The worker group includes workers
whose wages were paid under Peak Surgical, Inc. and on-site
leased workers from ATR, Trendtec, and Validant.
During the investigation, the Department obtained
information from the subject firm via electronic mail and a
Business Data Request form (OMB# 1205-0342).
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 production of
articles like or directly competitive with the surgical tools
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the subject firm.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Medtronic Advanced
Energy, Palo Alto, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of surgical tools, 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 Medtronic Advanced Energy, a subsidiary
of Medtronic, Inc., including workers whose wages were
paid under Peak Surgical, Inc. and including on-site
leased workers from ATR, Trendtec, and Validant, Palo
Alto, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 16, 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 2nd day of November, 2012

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