DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,802

COOPERSURGICAL, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE COOPER COMPANIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HART EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
PASADENA, 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 May 13, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of CooperSurgical, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Cooper Companies, Pasadena, California (CooperSurgical). The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from HART
Employment Services. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of invitro fertilization media. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
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 at CooperSurgical 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 CooperSurgical.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CooperSurgical, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of invitro
fertilization media, 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 CooperSurgical, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Cooper Companies, including on-site
leased workers from HART Employment Services, Pasadena,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 12, 2015, 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 29th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance