DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,219

COVIDIEN LP
VASCULAR THERAPIES DIVISION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
A SUBSIDIARY OF COVIDIEN PLC
SAN JOSE, 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 November 14, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Covidien LP, Vascular Therapies Division, formerly
known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP, a subsidiary of Covidien plc,
San Jose, California (Covidien LP). The subject workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of
radiofrequency stylet catheters and generators. The workers
within the Vascular Therapies Division are not separately
identifiable by article produced at the subject firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the radiofrequency
stylet catheters and generators produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Covidien
LP, Vascular Therapies Division, San Jose, California.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Covidien LP, Vascular
Therapies Division, formerly known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP,
a subsidiary of Covidien plc, San Jose, California, who are/were
engaged in employment related to the production of
radiofrequency stylet catheters and generators, 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 LP, Vascular Therapies Division,
formerly known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP, a subsidiary of
Covidien plc, San Jose, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 8,
2012, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 27th day of November, 2013

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