[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 67 (Thursday, April 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8079]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment And Training Administration


Announcement Regarding States Triggering ``On'' to the Second-
Tier of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding Colorado, Maryland, and Texas 
triggering ``on'' to the Second-Tier of Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation (EUC08).
    Public law 110-449 created a Second-Tier of benefits for qualified 
unemployed workers claiming benefits in high unemployment states. The 
Department of Labor produces a trigger notice indicating which States 
qualify for the Second-Tier of EUC08 benefits and provides the 
beginning and ending dates of the Second-Tier period for each 
qualifying state. The trigger notice covering State eligibility for the 
Second-Tier of the EUC08 program can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp. A new trigger notice is 
posted at this location each week that the program is in effect.
    Beginning April 12, 2009, Colorado, Maryland, and Texas are in a 
high unemployment period, resulting in their triggering ``on'' to the 
Second-Tier of the EUC08 program.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EUC program, and the terms 
and conditions under which they are payable, are governed by Public 
Laws 110-252 and 110-449 and the operating instructions issued to the 
states by the U.S. Department of Labor. The State Workforce Agency in 
states beginning a high unemployment period will furnish a written 
notice of potential entitlement to each individual who is potentially 
eligible for Second-Tier EUC08 benefits.
    Persons who believe they may be entitled to additional benefits 
under the EUC08 program, 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 Building, 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 2nd day of April 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-8079 Filed 4-8-09; 8:45 am]
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