DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,271

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS GROUP
FINANCE SHARED SERVICES GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SUPERIOR TALENT RESOURCES
GRAND ISLAND, 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 October 3, 2016 on behalf of workers of Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Inc., Life Sciences Solutions Group, Finance
Shared Services Group, Grand Island, New York (Thermo Fisher
Scientific-Finance Shared Services Group). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of cell
culture media. The subject worker group (Thermo Fisher
Scientific-Finance Shared Services Group) supplies customer
support services. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Superior Talent Resources.
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 Thermo Fisher Scientific-
Finance Shared Services Group 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 supply of customer
support services, or like or directly competitive services,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Thermo Fisher Scientific-Finance Shared Services Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Fisher
Scientific-Finance Shared Services Group, who are engaged in the
supply of customer support services, 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Life
Sciences Solutions Group, Finance Shared Services Group,
including on-site leased workers from Superior Talent
Resources, Grand Island, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
30, 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 11th day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance