DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,291

INVENTIV HEALTH
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCOUNTEMPS (RHI), APTARA,
INC., C&G CONSULTING SERVICES INC., FEATHER TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
GSV TECHSYSTEMS INC., MICRORITE INC., MINISOFT SYSTEM
CONSULTING, PERCEPT PHARMA SERVICES INC., PVR TECHNOLOGIES, RAM
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC., AND TEK-RESOURCE, INC.
BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA

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 4, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Inventiv Health, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
support administrative functions for data management, business
development, finance and biological research personnel. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Accountemps (RHI), Aptara, Inc., C&G Consulting Services Inc.,
Feather Technologies Inc., GSV Techsystems Inc., Microrite Inc.,
Minisoft System Consulting, Percept Pharma Services Inc., PVR
Technologies, Ram Software Solutions, Inc., and Tek-Resource,
Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Inventiv Health, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Inventiv Health,
including on-site leased workers from Accountemps (RHI), Aptara,
Inc., C&G Consulting Services Inc., Feather Technologies Inc.,
GSV Techsystems Inc., Microrite Inc., Minisoft System
Consulting, Percept Pharma Services Inc., PVR Technologies, Ram
Software Solutions, Inc., and Tek-Resource, Inc., Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of support administrative functions for data management,
business development, finance and biological research personnel
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 Inventiv Health, including on-site leased
workers from Accountemps (RHI), Aptara, Inc., C&G
Consulting Services Inc., Feather Technologies Inc., GSV
Techsystems Inc., Microrite Inc., Minisoft System
Consulting, Percept Pharma Services Inc., PVR Technologies,
Ram Software Solutions, Inc., and Tek-Resource, Inc., Blue
Bell, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 3, 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 22nd day of November 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance