Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period for Alaska and Wisconsin, 69133 [2010-28350]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of an
Extended Benefit (EB) Period for
Alaska and Wisconsin
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
change in benefit period eligibility
under the Extended Benefits program
for Alaska and Wisconsin.
The following changes have occurred
since the publication of the last notice
regarding the States’ EB status:
• The Total Unemployment Rate
(TUR) data for August 2010, released on
September 21, 2010, by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, brought the threemonth average seasonally adjusted
TURs in Alaska and Wisconsin below
the 8.0% threshold to remain ‘‘on’’ for a
High Unemployment Period (HUP) in
the Extended Benefits program. As a
result, Alaska and Wisconsin concluded
their HUP on October 16 and eligibility
for claimants has been reduced from a
maximum potential entitlement of 20
weeks to a maximum potential
entitlement of 13 weeks in the Extended
Benefits program.
The trigger notice covering state
eligibility for the Extended Benefit
program can be found at: https://ows.
doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
A new trigger notice is posted at this
location each week.
SUMMARY:
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in
the EB Program, and the terms and
conditions on which they are payable,
are governed by the Federal-State
Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 1970, as amended, and the
operating instructions issued to the
states by the U.S. Department of Labor.
In the case of a state beginning an EB
period, the State Workforce Agency will
furnish a written notice of potential
entitlement to each individual who has
exhausted all rights to regular benefits
and is potentially eligible for EB (20
CFR 615.13(c)(1)).
Persons who believe they may be
entitled to EB, or who wish to inquire
about their rights under the program,
should contact their State Workforce
Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue,
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number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.
scott@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 4th day of
November 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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Administration
Announcement Regarding the Virgin
Islands Triggering ‘‘on’’ to Tier Three of
Emergency Unemployment
Compensation 2008 (EUC08)
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Announcement regarding the
Virgin Islands triggering ‘‘on’’ to Tier
Three of Emergency Unemployment
Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
Public Law 111–205 extended
provisions in public law 111–92 which
amended prior laws to create a Third
and Fourth Tier of benefits within the
EUC08 program for qualified
unemployed workers claiming benefits
in high unemployment states. The
Department of Labor produces a trigger
notice indicating which states qualify
for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three
and Four and provides the beginning
and ending dates of payable periods for
each qualifying state. The trigger notice
covering state eligibility for the EUC08
program can be found at: https://ows.
doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
A new trigger notice is posted at this
location each week that the program is
in effect.
Based on data published October 8,
2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
the following trigger change has
occurred for the Virgin Islands’ EUC08
program:
• The seasonally-adjusted total
unemployment rate for the 3-month
period ending September 2010 for the
Virgin Islands rose to 6.2 percent,
causing the Virgin Islands to begin a
payable period in the third tier of EUC
effective October 24, 2010. Eligibility for
claimants in the Virgin Islands will be
increased from a maximum potential
entitlement of 34 weeks to a maximum
potential entitlement of 47 weeks in the
EUC program.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period
for Alaska and Wisconsin
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility
under the Extended Benefits program for Alaska and Wisconsin.
The following changes have occurred since the publication of the
last notice regarding the States' EB status:
The Total Unemployment Rate (TUR) data for August 2010,
released on September 21, 2010, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
brought the three-month average seasonally adjusted TURs in Alaska and
Wisconsin below the 8.0% threshold to remain ``on'' for a High
Unemployment Period (HUP) in the Extended Benefits program. As a
result, Alaska and Wisconsin concluded their HUP on October 16 and
eligibility for claimants has been reduced from a maximum potential
entitlement of 20 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 13 weeks
in the Extended Benefits program.
The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the Extended
Benefit program can be found at: https://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp. A new trigger notice is posted at this location each
week.
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in the EB Program, and the terms
and conditions on which they are payable, are governed by the Federal-
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended, and
the operating instructions issued to the states by the U.S. Department
of Labor. In the case of a state beginning an EB period, the State
Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice of potential entitlement
to each individual who has exhausted all rights to regular benefits and
is potentially eligible for EB (20 CFR 615.13(c)(1)).
Persons who believe they may be entitled to EB, or who wish to
inquire about their rights under the program, should contact their
State Workforce Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-
4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3008 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.scott@dol.gov.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 4th day of November 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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