DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,326

OTICON, INC.
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF WILLIAM DEMANT HOLDINGS
SOMERSET, 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 November 27, 2017 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Oticon, Inc., Production Department, a
subsidiary of William Demant Holdings, Somerset, New Jersey
(Oticon, Inc.). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of hearing aids.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Oticon, Inc. 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Oticon, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oticon, Inc.,
Production Department, a subsidiary of William Demant
Holdings, Somerset, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of hearing aids 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 Oticon, Inc., Production Department, a
subsidiary of William Demant Holdings, Somerset, New
Jersey who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 24, 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 4th day of February 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance