DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,126

COVIDIEN PLC
CASH APPLICATION AND INVOICE ADJUSTMENTS DEPARTMENT
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 November 2, 2012 on behalf of workers of Covidien
plc, Cash Application and Invoice Adjustments Department,
Mansfield, Massachusetts (Covidien plc). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of cash
application and invoice adjustment services (i.e. accounts
receivable services). 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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Covidien plc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Covidien plc, Cash
Application and Invoice Adjustments Department, including on-
site leased workers from Kelly Services, Mansfield,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of cash application and invoice adjustment 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 Covidien plc, Cash Application and
Invoice Adjustments Department, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services, Mansfield, Massachusetts,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 1, 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 16th day of November, 2012.


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