DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,228

COVIDIEN LP
MEDICAL DEVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
ARGYLE, NEW YORK

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 20, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Covidien LP, Medical Devices Division, Argyle, New
York (Covidien LP). The subject worker group is engaged in
manufacturing and packaging of single use medical devices for
vascular access and airway usage. The worker groups are
separately identifiable by products produced by the firm.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services.
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 articles produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Covidien LP, Argyle, New York.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Covidien LP, Medical
Devices Division, Argyle, New York who are/were engaged in
employment related to the production of medical 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 Covidien LP, Medical Devices Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Argyle, New York who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 3, 2013, 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 5th day of December, 2013


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