[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 73685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30583]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of the Payable Periods in the 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program for Indiana, 
the Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and Wyoming

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding Notice of a Change in Status of the 
payable periods in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) 
program for Indiana, the Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
    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 released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on September 16, 2011, the three month average, seasonally adjusted 
total unemployment rate for Indiana rose to meet the 8.5% threshold to 
trigger ``on'' in Tier Four of the EUC08 program. The payable period 
for Indiana in Tier Four of EUC began October 9.
     Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on October 7, 2011, the estimated three month average, seasonally 
adjusted total unemployment rate for the Virgin Islands rose to exceed 
the 8.5% threshold to trigger ``on'' in Tier Four of the EUC08 program. 
The payable period for the Virgin Islands in Tier Four of EUC began 
October 23. As a result, the maximum potential duration of 47 weeks 
will increase to a maximum potential duration of 53 weeks in the EUC08 
program.
     Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on August 19, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate for West Virginia fell below the 8.5% threshold to 
remain ``on'' in Tier Four of the EUC08 program. The week ending 
September 10, 2011 was the last week in which EUC claimants in West 
Virginia could exhaust Tier 3, and establish Tier Four eligibility. 
Under the phase-out provisions, claimants who were in Tier Four can 
receive any remaining entitlement they have in Tier Four after 
September 10, 2011; for all other claimants the maximum potential 
duration is 47 weeks in the EUC08 program.
     Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on August 19, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate for Wyoming fell below the 6.0% threshold to remain 
``on'' in Tier Three of the EUC08 program. The week ending September 
10, 2011 was the last week in which EUC claimants in Wyoming could 
exhaust Tier Two, and establish Tier Three eligibility. Under the 
phase-out provisions, claimants who were in Tier Three can receive any 
remaining entitlement they had in Tier Three after September 10, 2011; 
for all other claimants the maximum potential duration is 34 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-
4524, 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 16th day of November, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-30583 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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