DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,173

RESPIRONICS NOVAMETRICS LLC
A SUBSIDIADRY OF RESPIRONICS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD
WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT


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 September 2, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Respironics Novametrics LLC, a
subsidiary of Respironics Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Randstad, Wallingford, Connecticut (Respironics
Novametrics-Wallingford). Workers of Respironics Novametrics-
Wallingford are engaged in activities related to the production
of respiratory monitoring medical devices. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
Workers of Respironics Novametrics-Wallingford are eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-94,153
(certification expired October 18, 2020).
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 Respironics Novametrics-
Wallingford 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the respiratory monitoring
medical devices produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations Respironics Novametrics-
Wallingford.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Respironics
Novametrics-Wallingford, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of respiratory monitoring medical devices, 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 Respironics Novametrics LLC, a subsidiary of
Respironics Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Randstad, Wallingford, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 19,
2020, 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 November 2020.

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