[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23116-23117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10721]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-32,712]


Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated, a/k/a Ethicon, Inc., 
Including Temporary Workers of Kelly Services, Incorporated, El Paso, 
TX; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on October 10, 
1996, applicable to workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., located 
in El Paso, Texas. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
October 29, 1996 (61 FR 55821). The certification was amended on 
January 10, 1997, to include temporary workers of Kelly Services, 
Incorporated, engaged in employment related to the production of 
surgical gowns, drapes and sheets at Johnson & Johnson Medical's El 
Paso plant. The notice was published in the Federal Register on January 
31, 1997 (62 FR 4799).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information provided 
by a company official and the State agency reveal that as of January 1, 
1998, Johnson and Johnson Medical Inc., and Ethicon, Inc. merged. Some 
of the workers at the El Paso plant have had their wages reported to 
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for Ethicon, Inc.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to cover all 
workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated, El Paso, Texas who 
were adversely affected by increased imports. Accordingly, the 
Department is amending the certification to include workers of Ethicon, 
Inc.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-32,712 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Incorporated, also 
known as Ethicon, Inc., El Paso, Texas, including temporary workers 
of Kelly Services, Incorporated engaged in employment related to the 
production of surgical gowns, drapes and sheets for Johnson & 
Johnson Medical, Incorporated, El Paso, Texas, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after August 29, 1995 
through October 10, 1998, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


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    Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of April 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-10721 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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