DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,598

SIMPLEXGRINNELL
ALSO KNOWN AS TYCO SIMPLEXGRINNELL
ORDER TO CASH (OTC) GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON CONTROLS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AGILE 1
WESTMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 2, 2018 by the Massachusetts State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of SimplexGrinnell, also known as
TYCO SimplexGrinnell, Order to Cash (OTC) Group, a subsidiary of
Johnson Controls, including on-site leased workers from Agile 1,
Westminster, Massachusetts (herein referred to as
"SimplexGrinnell, OTC Group"). The workers of this investigation
are engaged in activities related to the supply of collection
and cash services.
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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at SimplexGrinnell, OTC Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SimplexGrinnell, also
known as TYCO SimplexGrinnell, Order to Cash (OTC) Group, a
subsidiary of Johnson Controls, including on-site leased workers
from Agile 1, Westminster, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of collection and cash
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 SimplexGrinnell, also known as TYCO
SimplexGrinnell, Order to Cash (OTC) Group, a subsidiary of
Johnson Controls, including on-site leased workers from
Agile 1, Westminster, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
27, 2017, 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 27th day of March 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance