[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49402-49403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23353]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

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 Alabama.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding Alabama's EB status:
     Alabama has enacted a retroactive TUR trigger for their EB 
program. Alabama would have triggered on with the release of state 
total unemployment rates (TURs) for January 2009, released by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics on March 11, 2009. This means their current 
EB period began March 29, 2009. In addition, the three month average 
seasonally adjusted TUR rose above the 8.0 percent threshold for a High 
Unemployment Period (HUP) with the release of March TURs on April 17, 
2009. As a result, a HUP in the EB program began in Alabama on May 3. 
Eligible claimants will be able to receive up to 20 weeks of additional 
benefits.

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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 a HUP period, the State 
Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice of potential entitlement 
to each individual who may be eligible for increased benefits due to 
the HUP (20 CFR 615.13 (c) (1)).
    Persons 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 23rd day of September, 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-23353 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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