Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 07/09/2018
Filed Date: 07/10/2019
Most Recent Update: 08/15/2019
Determination Date: 08/15/2019
Expiration Date: 08/15/2021
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-94,976
NOVO NORDISK CASE PROCESSING TEAM
A SUB-GROUP OF PRODUCT SAFETY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NOVO NORDISK INC.
PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
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 July 10, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of the Novo Nordisk Case Processing team, a sub-
group of Product Safety, a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk Inc.,
Plainsboro Township, New Jersey ("Novo Nordisk Case
Processing"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of pharmaceutical products and
delivery systems. The subject worker group includes those
engaged in activities related to the supply of call center
support for providers and patients, and data processing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, others in the state government
apparatus, and 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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Novo Nordisk Case Processing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Novo Nordisk Case
Processing team, a sub-group of Product Safety, a subsidiary
of Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of call center
support for providers and patients, and data processing, 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 the Novo Nordisk Case Processing team, a
sub-group of Product Safety, a subsidiary of Novo Nordisk
Inc., Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 9,
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 15th day of August 2019.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance