DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,643

MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MERCK & CO., INC.
MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES DIVISION
HEALTH REGISTRATION MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AGILE-1
RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY

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 February 14, 2017 on behalf of workers of Merck Sharp
& Dohme Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co.,
Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Division, Health
Registration Management Department, Rahway, New Jersey (Merck-
HRMD). The subject worker group (Merck-HRMD) is engaged in
activities related to the supply of research and development
services. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Agile-1.
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 Merck-HRMD 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 services like or
directly competitive with research and development services
supplied by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Merck-HRMD.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Merck-HRMD, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of research and
development 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 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research
Laboratories Division, Health Registration Management
Department, including on-site leased workers from Agile-
1, Rahway, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 8, 2016
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 21st day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance