[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 49403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23355]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

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 West Virginia.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding West Virginia's EB status:
     West Virginia has enacted a retroactive TUR trigger for 
their EB program. West Virginia would have triggered on with the 
release of state total unemployment rates (TURs) for April 2009, 
released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 22, 2009. This means 
their current EB period began June 7, 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 June 
TURs on July 17, 2009. As a result, a HUP in the EB program began in 
West Virginia on August 2. Eligible claimants will be able to receive 
up to 20 weeks of additional 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 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 email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of September, 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary,
    Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-23355 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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