[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 121 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 30328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14974]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

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 Kentucky.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding Kentucky's EB status:
     Kentucky has modified its law by adding a total 
unemployment rate (TUR) trigger retroactive to February 1, 2009. As a 
result, Kentucky has retroactively triggered ``on'' to an extended 
benefit period for weeks of unemployment beginning February 22, 2009, 
and ``on'' to a high unemployment period (HUP) for weeks of 
unemployment beginning April 12, 2009. 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 HUP, 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 19th day of June 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-14974 Filed 6-24-09; 8:45 am]
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