[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 186 (Monday, September 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49403-49404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23360]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Announcement Regarding States Triggering ``on'' to the second-
tier of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding the Virgin Islands triggering ``on'' to 
the second-tier of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08).
    Public law 110-449 created a second-tier of benefits within the 
EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in 
high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger 
notice indicating which states qualify for this second-tier of EUC08 
benefits and provides the beginning and ending dates

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of the second-tier period for each state. The trigger notice covering 
state eligibility for the second-tier of the EUC08 program can be found 
at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp. A new trigger 
notice is posted at this location each week that the program is in 
effect.
    For weeks of unemployment beginning August 23, 2009, claimants in 
the Virgin Islands are potentially eligible for up to 13 weeks of 
additional benefits within the second-tier of the EUC08 program.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EUC program, and the terms 
and conditions under which they are payable, are governed by public 
laws 110-252 and 110-449, and the operating instructions issued to the 
states by the U.S. Department of Labor. The State Workforce Agency in 
states beginning a high unemployment period will furnish a written 
notice of potential entitlement to each individual who is potentially 
eligible for second-tier EUC08 benefits. Persons who believe they may 
be entitled to additional benefits under the EUC08 program, 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 23rd day of September, 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-23360 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]
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