DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,379

ABBOTT LABORATORIES
DIAGNOSTIC - HEMATOLOGY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WOREKRS FROM
MANPOWER SERVICE GROUP AND ATR INTERNATIONAL
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on February 22, 2013, applicable to
workers of Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology
division, including on-site leased workers from Manpower Service
Group, Santa Clara, California. The Department’s notice of
determination was published in the Federal Register on March 8,
2013 (78 FR 15050). At the request of the US Department of
Labor, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of
the subject firm. The workers were engaged in activities
related to the production of hematology reagents and
instruments.
The company reports that workers leased from ATR
International were employed on-site at the Santa Clara,
California location of Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic -
Hematology Division. The Department has determined that these
workers were sufficiently under the control of the subject firm
to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from ATR International
working on-site at the Santa Clara, California location of
Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology division.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-82,379 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of ATR International, reporting to Abbott
Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Service
Group, Santa Clara, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
January 28, 2012, through February 22, 2015, 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 August, 2013.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,379

ABBOTT LABORATORIES
DIAGNOSTIC - HEMATOLOGY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WOREKRS FROM
MANPOWER SERVICE GROUP
SANTA CLARA, 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 January 29, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology division,
Santa Clara, California. The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of hematology reagents and
instruments. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Manpower Service Group.
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 hematology reagents and instruments
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology
division, Santa Clara, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Abbott Laboratories,
Diagnostic - Hematology division, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower Service Group, Santa Clara, California, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of hematology
reagents and instruments 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 Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic - Hematology
division, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Service Group, Santa Clara, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 28,
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 22nd day of February, 2013.


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



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