[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 39988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15807]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Rhode Island

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility 
under the EB Program for Rhode Island.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the State's EB status:
     Effective June 22, 2008, Rhode Island's 3-month seasonally 
adjusted total unemployment rate rose to the 6.5 percent threshold and 
exceeded 110 percent of the corresponding rate in the prior year. This 
causes the State to be triggered ``on'' to an EB period beginning July 
6, 2008.

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: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 27th day of June, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. E8-15807 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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