[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 122 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 32465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16030]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Puerto Rico

    This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under 
the EB Program for Puerto Rico.

Summary

    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding States' EB status:
     May 5, 1996--Puerto Rico triggered ``on'' EB. Puerto 
Rico's 13-week insured unemployment rate had been above the 6.0 percent 
threshold necessary to be trigger ``on'' to EB since the week of March 
9, 1996. However, Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Federal-State Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 specifies that no extended 
benefit period may begin for a State before the fourteenth week after 
the close of the States' most recent extended benefit period. Puerto 
Rico's previous extended benefit period ended February 3, 1996 and the 
fourteenth week following the end of that extended benefit period is 
the week beginning May 5, 1996.

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 
employment security 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 extended benefits (20 CFR 
615.13(c)(1)).
    Persons who believe they may be entitled to EB benefits, or who 
wish to inquire about their rights under the programs, should contact 
the nearest State employment service office or unemployment 
compensation claims office in their locality.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on June 19, 1996.
Timothy M. Barnicle,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 96-16030 Filed 6-21-96; 8:45 am]
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