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TAW-94861  /  Becton, Dickinson and Company (Chelmsford, MA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 05/30/2018
Filed Date: 05/31/2019
Most Recent Update: 08/30/2019
Determination Date: 08/30/2019
Expiration Date: 08/30/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,861

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
FINANCE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ZFORCE
CHELMSFORD, 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 May 31, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Becton, Dickinson and Company, Finance division,
including on-site leased workers from ZForce, Chelmsford,
Massachusetts (herein referred to as "Becton, Dickinson and
Company"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of finance services.
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 Becton, Dickinson and
Company 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 services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker separations at
Becton, Dickinson and Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Becton, Dickinson and
Company, Finance division, including on-site leased workers
from ZForce, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of finance 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company, Finance
division, including on-site leased workers from ZForce,
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 30, 2018 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 30th day of August 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance