DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,891

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
LABORATORY PRODUCTS DIVISION
LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO STAFFING AND DCR WORKFORCE
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 14, 2018 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Laboratory Products Division, Life
Sciences Solutions Group, including on-site leased workers
from Adecco Staffing and DCR Workforce, Asheville, North
Carolina ("Thermo Fisher Scientific"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of life sciences
products. The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer support services and business
support (i.e. human resources, IT, finance, legal and
compliance).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Laboratory Products Division, Life Sciences
Solutions Group, including on-site leased workers from Adecco
Staffing and DCR Workforce, Asheville, North Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of customer support
services and business support (i.e. human resources, IT,
finance, legal and compliance) 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Laboratory
Products Division, Life Sciences Solutions Group,
including on-site leased workers from Adecco Staffing and
DCR Workforce, Asheville, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 13, 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 5th day of July 2018.

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