DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,347

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
COSMAN LOCATION
NEUROMODULATION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TALENT CHOICE
BURLINGTON, 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 November 20, 2018 by a company on behalf of workers of
Boston Scientific Corporation, Cosman Location,
Neuromodulation Division, Burlington, Massachusetts. The
subject workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of medical devices (electrodes, cannula, and
accessory parts) that are used in a broad range of
interventional medical specialties. The subject worker group
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 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 an
article like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Boston Scientific Corporation, Cosman Location,
Neuromodulation Division, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boston Scientific
Corporation, Cosman location, Neuromodulation Division,
Burlington, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of medical devices (electrodes,
cannula, and accessory parts), 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, Cosman
location, Neuromodulation Division, including on-site
leased workers from Talent Choice, Burlington,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 19, 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 11th day of December 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance