DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,480

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
US FINANCIAL SHARED SERVICES BUSINESS UNIT
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

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 December 12, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Thermo Fisher Scientific, US Financial
Shared Services Business Unit, West Palm Beach, Florida
(Thermo Fisher Scientific-US Financial Shared Services). The
subject worker group (Thermo Fisher Scientific-US Financial
Shared Services) is engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial services. The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
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-
US Financial Shared Services 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(n) service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Thermo Fisher Scientific-US Financial Shared
Services.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Fisher
Scientific-US Financial Shared Services, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of financial 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, US Financial
Shared Services Business Unit, West Palm Beach, Florida,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 9, 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 28th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance