DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,876

PHILIPS HEALTHCARE
RESPIRATORY CARE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 July 5, 2013 by a State Workforce Official on behalf of
workers of Philips Healthcare, Respiratory Care, including on-
site leased workers from Adecco, Wallingford, Connecticut. The
workers' firm was engaged in activities related to production of
cardio respiratory monitoring products and associated
consumables.
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 articles produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Philips Healthcare, Respiratory Care,
Wallingford, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Philips Healthcare,
Respiratory Care, Wallingford, Connecticut, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of cardio respiratory
monitoring products and associated consumables, 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 Philips Healthcare, Respiratory Care,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco,
Wallingford, Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 20th day of August, 2013.


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