DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,439

STATSPIN, INC.
D/B/A IRIS SAMPLE PROCESSING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES AND MICROTECH
WESTWOOD, 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 February 11, 2013 on behalf of workers of StatSpin,
Inc., d/b/a Iris Sample Processing, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services and MicroTech, Westwood,
Massachusetts (StatSpin). The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of laboratory instruments
for the medical device and medical diagnostics industries.
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 laboratory instruments
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at StatSpin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of StatSpin, Inc., d/b/a
Iris Sample Processing, Westwood, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in activities related to then production of laboratory
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 StatSpin, Inc., d/b/a Iris Sample
Processing, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services and MicroTech, Westwood, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 7, 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 March, 2013

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