[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 14103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6025]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Announcement Regarding New Mexico and Colorado Triggering ``On'' 
to Tier Four of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding New Mexico and Colorado triggering 
``on'' to Tier Four of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 
(EUC08).
    Public law 111-312 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.
    Based on data published January 25, 2011, by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, the following trigger changes have occurred for New Mexico 
and Colorado in the EUC08 program:
    The three month average, seasonally adjusted total unemployment 
rates for New Mexico and Colorado met or exceeded the 8.5% threshold to 
trigger ``on'' to Tier Four in the EUC08 program. The payable period in 
Tier Four for New Mexico and Colorado began February 13, 2011. As a 
result, the maximum potential entitlement of 34 weeks will increase to 
a maximum potential entitlement of 47 weeks in 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, 110-449, 111-5, 111-92, 111-118, 111-144, 111-157, 111-
205 and 111-312, 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 Unemployment 
Insurance, 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 9th day of March 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-6025 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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