DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,868

SMITH & NEPHEW
2301 EAST STREET ELMO ROAD SUITE 110
AUSTIN, TEXAS

TA-W-93,868A

SMITH & NEPHEW
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLYOCG
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-93,868B

SMITH & NEPHEW
ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-93,868C

SMITH & NEPHEW
7000 W. WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE
AUSTIN, TEXAS

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on June 13, 2018, applicable to workers
and former workers of Smith & Nephew, Austin, Texas (TA-W-
93,868). The subject worker group is located at 2301 East
Street Elmo Road Suite 110, Austin, Texas, and is engaged in
activities related to the production of production of medical
devices. The Department’s Notice of determination was published
in the Federal Register on August 23, 2018 (83 FR 42698).
In response to petitions filed by a company official on
behalf of workers and former workers at Mansfield, Massachusetts
(TA-W-93,868A), Andover, Massachusetts (TA-W-93,868B), and 7000
W. William Cannon Drive, Austin, TX (TA-W-93,868C), the
Department reviewed the certification. Information provided by
the company official revealed that the basis for certification
for the worker group covered by TA-W-93,868 is relevant to the
worker group separations at the subject firm’s facilities at the
afore-identified locations.
The amended Notice applicable to TA-W-93,868 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Smith & Nephew, 2301 East Street Elmo
Road Suite 110, Austin, Texas (TA-W-93,868), Smith &
Nephew, including on-site leased workers from
KellyOCG, Mansfield, Massachusetts (TA-W-93,868A),
Smith & Nephew, Andover, Massachusetts (TA-W-93,868B),
and Smith & Nephew, 7000 W. William Cannon Drive,
Austin, Texas (TA-W-93,686C), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June
5, 2017 through June 13, 2020, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on June 13, 2018 through June 13, 2020, 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 24th day of May, 2019



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



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,868

SMITH & NEPHEW
AUSTIN, TEXAS

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 June 5, 2018 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Smith & Nephew, Austin, Texas. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of medical devices for
healthcare professionals and hospitals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Smith & Nephew.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smith & Nephew,
Austin, Texas, 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 Smith & Nephew, Austin, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 5, 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 13th day of June 2018.

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