DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,414

BAXALTA US INC.
FORMERLY BAXTER INTERNATIONAL
A SUBSIDIARY OF BAXALTA INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HIREGENICS, DELTA-PHARMA/RANDSTAD, KELLYMITCHELL,
MANPOWER, AEROTEK, KELLY SERVICES, U.S. DATA MANAGEMENT, ASCENT
SERVICES GROUP, SPECTRAFORCE TECHNOLOGIES,
YOH, AND PLANET PHARMA
THOUSAND OAKS, 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 15, 2016, by state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Baxalta US Inc., formerly Baxter International, a
subsidiary of Baxalta Incorporated, including on-site leased
workers from Hiregenics, Delta-Pharma/Randstad, KellyMitchell,
Manpower, Aerotek, Kelly Services, U.S. Data Management, Ascent
Services Group, Spectraforce Technologies, Yoh, and Planet
Pharma, Thousand Oaks, California (Baxalta US). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of the
biopharmaceutical products in the hematology field. Workers at
the subject firm are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
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 biopharmaceutical products
in the hematology field produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Baxalta US.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baxalta US, who are
engaged in the production of biopharmaceutical products, 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 Baxalta US Inc., formerly Baxter
International, a subsidiary of Baxalta Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Hiregenics, Delta-
Pharma/Randstad, KellyMitchell, Manpower, Aerotek, Kelly
Services, U.S. Data Management, Ascent Services Group,
Spectraforce Technologies, Yoh, and Planet Pharma, Thousand
Oaks, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 14, 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 16th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance