DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,687

MO BIO LABORATORIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF QIAGEN NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO MEDICAL & SCIENCE, OFFICE TEAM, SIMPLY BIOTECH, KELLY
SERVICES, INC., AND VOLT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
CARLSBAD, 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 March 1, 2017, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary QIAGEN North
American Holdings, Inc., Carlsbad, California (MO BIO
Laboratories). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of innovative molecular biology research tools.
The worker groups are not separately identifiable by articles
produced by the firm.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Adecco Medical & Science, Office Team, Simply Biotech, Kelly
Services, Inc., and Volt Management Corporation.
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 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 production of a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at MO BIO Laboratories.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MO BIO Laboratories,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
innovative molecular biology research tools, 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 MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary
QIAGEN North American Holdings, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Adecco Medical & Science, Office Team,
Simply Biotech, Kelly Services, Inc., and Volt Management
Corporation, Carlsbad, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 28,
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 1th day of May 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance