[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 3030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00687]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-80,490]


Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Primary Care Business Unit 
(Sales) Division, East Operating Unit, North Operating Unit and South 
Operating Unit, Formerly Known as Southeast Operating Unit, Southwest 
Operating Unit, Northwest Operating Unit and Northeast Operating Unit, 
Including On-Site Leased Workers From Inventiv Health, Ashfield 
Healthcare, and Pro Unlimited, East Hanover, NJ and Off-Site Workers of 
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Primary Care Business Unit 
(Sales) Division, East Operating Unit in Illinois Who Report to East 
Hanover, NJ; Amended 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 issued a 
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on January 6, 2012, applicable to workers of Novartis Pharmaceuticals 
Corporation, Primary Care Business Unit (Sales) Division, East Hanover, 
New Jersey. The Department's notice of determination was published in 
the Federal Register on January 24, 2012 (77 FR 3501). The notice was 
amended on May 4, 2012 and October 17, 2012 to include workers under 
the control of the subject firm working off-site in Illinois and to 
include the primary Care Business Unit Division that is part of the 
East Operating Unit. The amended notices were published in the Federal 
Register on May 16, 2012 (77 FR 28901) and October 29, 2012 (77 FR 
65581) respectively.
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm.
    New information shows that following a company merger, the East 
Operating Unit, North Operating Unit and South Operating Unit, formerly 
known as Southeast Operating Unit, Southwest Operating Unit, Northwest 
Operating Unit and Northeast Operating Unit of the Primary Care 
Business Unit (Sales) Division of the subject firm operate in the same 
capacity, together are part of a continuous operation and all 
experienced worker separations due to increased aggregate imports of 
pharmaceuticals.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by increased 
aggregate imports. The amended notice applicable to TA-W-80,490 is 
hereby issued as follows:

    ``All workers of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Primary 
Care Business Unit (Sales) Division, East Operating Unit, North 
Operating Unit and South Operating Unit, formerly known as Southeast 
Operating Unit, Southwest operating Unit, Northwest Operating Unit 
and Northeast Operating Unit, including on-site leased workers from 
Inventiv Health, Ashfield Healthcare, and Pro Unlimited, East 
Hanover, New Jersey, and off-site workers of Novartis 
Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Primary Care Business Unit (Sales) 
Division, East Operating Unit in Illinois who report to East 
Hanover, New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after October 3, 2010, through January 6, 2014, 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, DC, this 19th day of December, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-00687 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
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