DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,558

VERITAS GENETICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM COMMONWEALTH SCIENCES
DANVERS, 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 January 13, 2020 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of Veritas Genetics, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Commonwealth Sciences, Danvers,
Massachusetts (Veritas Genetics-Danvers). Workers of Veritas
Genetics-Danvers are engaged in activities related to the supply
of medical laboratory services and related support services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Veritas Genetics-Danvers 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 a portion of the supply of a(n)
service like or directly competitive with the service supplied by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Veritas Genetics-Danvers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Veritas Genetics-
Danvers 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 Veritas Genetics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Commonwealth Sciences, Danvers,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 8, 2019 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 28th day of October 2020.

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