DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,772

HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND THE ALPHA GROUP
BRAINTREE, 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 by a company official on May 30, 2013 on behalf of workers
of Haemonetics Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek and The Alpha Group, Braintree, Massachusetts. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of medical products used for the collection of blood or blood
components.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the medical products produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Haemonetics Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Haemonetics
Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to production of medical products and
devices, 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 Haemonetics Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and The Alpha Group, Braintree,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 21, 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 6th day of June, 2013.


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance