DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,508

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
CUSTOMER CHANNELS GROUP (CCG) FINANCE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KFORCE INC. AND ADECCO
PITTSBURGH, 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 December 28, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Customer
Channels Group (CCG) Finance Division, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (Thermo Fisher Scientific-CCG). The workers of
Thermo Fisher Scientific-CCG are engaged in activities related
to the supply of financial support for the business’ sales of
research and safety products and services. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Kforce Inc. and
Adecco.
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-
CCG 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 financial support service
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Thermo Fisher Scientific-CCG.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Fisher
Scientific-CCG, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of financial support for the business’ sales of research
and safety products and 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, Customer
Channels Group (CCG) Finance Division, including on-site
leased workers from Kforce Inc. and Adecco, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 27, 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 1st day of March, 2017

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance