[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19603-19604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9748]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for the District of Columbia

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 the District of Columbia.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the District of Columbia's EB status:
     The District of Columbia has modified its law by adding a 
total unemployment rate (TUR) trigger retroactive to March 15, 2009. As 
a result, the District of Columbia has retroactively triggered ``on'' 
to a high unemployment period for the week of unemployment beginning 
April 5, 2009, and eligible unemployed workers will be able to collect 
up to an additional 20 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits.

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

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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 23rd day of April 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-9748 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
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