DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,194

CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD, BRIAND EXECUTIVE SEARCH, NETWORK EXECUTIVE SEARCH,
INC., MIKE HAVERSTOCK & ASSOCIATES, NCOMPASS, AND RAINDANCE
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA

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 16, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., a subsidiary of
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Dublin, California (Carl Zeiss Meditec,
Inc.). The subject worker group is engaged in activities related
to the production of routine ophthalmic devices. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Randstad,
Briand Executive Search, Network Executive Search, Inc., Mike
Haverstock & Associates, NCompass, and Raindance.
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 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 acquired from a foreign country (after a shift in
production abroad) articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Carl Zeis Meditec, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carl Zeiss Meditec,
Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, Briand Executive Search, Network
Executive Search, Inc., Mike Haverstock & Associates,
NCompass, and Raindance, Dublin, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of routine ophthalmic
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 Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., a subsidiary of
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, including on-site leased workers
from Randstad, Briand Executive Search, Network Executive
Search, Inc., Mike Haverstock & Associates, NCompass, and
Raindance, Dublin, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
15, 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 5th day of November 2020.

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