[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69133-69134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28349]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Announcement Regarding the Virgin Islands Triggering ``on'' to 
Tier Three 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 
Tier Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08).
    Public Law 111-205 extended provisions in public law 111-92 which 
amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth 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 EUC08 benefits within Tiers 
Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable 
periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state 
eligibility for 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.
    Based on data published October 8, 2010 by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, the following trigger change has occurred for the Virgin 
Islands' EUC08 program:
     The seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rate for the 3-
month period ending September 2010 for the Virgin Islands rose to 6.2 
percent, causing the Virgin Islands to begin a payable period in the 
third tier of EUC effective October 24, 2010. Eligibility for claimants 
in the Virgin Islands will be increased from a maximum potential 
entitlement of 34 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 47 weeks 
in the EUC program.

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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, 110-449, 111-5, 111-92, 111-118, 111-144, 111-157, and 
111-205, and the operating instructions issued to the states by the 
U.S. Department of Labor. 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 email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 4th day of November 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-28349 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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