[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20109]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment And Training Administration


Announcement Regarding the Virgin Islands Triggering ``on'' 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'' 
Tier Three 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 July 8, 2011, by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, the following trigger change has occurred for the Virgin 
Islands' EUC08 program:
     The estimated three month average, seasonally adjusted 
total unemployment rate for the Virgin Islands rose to meet or exceed 
the 6.0% threshold to trigger ``on'' in Tier Three of the EUC 2008 
program. The payable period in Tier Three for the Virgin Islands began 
July 24, 2011, and claimants there will be eligible for up to an 
additional 13 weeks of benefits.

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-
4524, 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 3rd day of August, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-20109 Filed 8-8-11; 8:45 am]
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