DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,123

MEDTRONIC, INC.
CARDIAC AND VASCULAR GROUP
EXCLUDING THE CARDIAC RHYTHM DISEASE MANAGEMENT OPERATING
SEGMENT AND CLINICAL RESEARCH AND REIMBURSEMENT DIVISION
MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA

TA-W-82,123A

MEDTRONIC, INC.
CARDIAC AND VASCULAR GROUP
CARDIAC RHYTHM DISEASE MANAGEMENT OPERATING SEGMENT
AND CLINICAL RESEARCH AND REIMBURSEMENT DIVISION
MOUNDS VIEW, 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 November 1, 2012 by the State of Minnesota
on behalf of workers of Medtronic, Inc., Cardiac and Vascular
Group, Mounds View, Minnesota (Medtronic-Cardiac and Vascular
Group). The workers' firm supplies services related to
research and development, clinical, quality, regulatory,
finance, human resources, and information technology (IT). The
workers are not separately identifiable by service supplied.
Workers of Medtronic, Inc., Cardiac Rhythm Disease
Management Operating Segment, Clinical Research and
Reimbursement Division, Mounds View, Minnesota (TA-W-82,123A),
were previously certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-74,272.
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 a portion of the supply
of services like or directly competitive with those services
supplied by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker separations at Medtronic-Cardiac and Vascular Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Medtronic, Inc.,
Cardiac and Vascular Group, Mounds View, Minnesota, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of research and
development, clinical, quality, regulatory, finance, human
resources, and IT 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 Medtronic, Inc., Cardiac and Vascular
Group, excluding the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management
Operating Segment and Clinical Research and Reimbursement
Division, Mounds View, Minnesota (TA-W-82,123), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 31, 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";
AND
"All workers of Medtronic, Inc., Cardiac and Vascular
Group, Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Operating
Segment and Clinical Research and Reimbursement Division,
Mounds View, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 2, 2012
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 21st day of December, 2012


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