DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,648

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
NEUROMODULATION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TALENT CHOICE
VALENCIA, 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 19, 2018 by a one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of Boston Scientific Corporation,
Neuromodulation Division, Valencia, California (Boston
Scientific-Neuromodulation Division). Workers of Boston
Scientific-Neuromodulation Division are engaged in activities
related to the production of medical devices (including but not
limited to deep brain stimulation devices and spinal cord
stimulation devices). The subject worker group (Boston
Scientific-Neuromodulation Division) includes on-site leased
workers from Talent Choice.
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 Boston Scientific-
Neuromodulation Division 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 an
article like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Boston Scientific-Neuromodulation Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boston Scientific
Corporation, Neuromodulation Division, Valencia, California,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
medical devices, 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 Boston Scientific Corporation,
Neuromodulation Division, including on-site leased
workers from Talent Choice, Valencia, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 16, 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 18th day of May 2018.

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