[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19203]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

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 Texas.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding Texas' EB status:
     Texas has modified its law by adding a total unemployment 
rate (TUR) trigger retroactive to February 1, 2009. As a result, Texas 
has retroactively triggered ``on'' to an extended benefit period for 
weeks of unemployment beginning May 3, 2009. Eligible claimants will be 
able to collect up to an additional 13 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 
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 4th day of August, 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-19203 Filed 8-10-09; 8:45 am]
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