[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 73684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30584]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for New York and Maryland

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility 
under the EB program for New York and Maryland.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding the States EB status:
     Based on the data released by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics on September 16, 2011, the seasonally-adjusted total 
unemployment rate for New York rose to meet the 8.0% threshold to 
trigger ``on'' to a high unemployment period (HUP) in EB. The payable 
period for New York in HUP began October 10 and eligibility for 
claimants has been increased from a maximum potential duration of 13 
weeks to a maximum potential duration of 20 weeks in the EB program.
     Maryland enacted a retroactive TUR trigger and a three 
year look-back for the EB program, which became effective October 1, 
2011. This trigger is retroactive to January 2, 2010, and anyone 
exhausting EUC benefits since that point is potentially eligible for 
benefits. The payable period in Maryland for these benefits began 
October 2.
    The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EB program 
can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EB program, and the terms 
and conditions on which they are payable, are governed by the Federal-
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended, and 
the operating instructions issued to the states by the U.S. Department 
of Labor. In the case of a state beginning an EB period, the State 
Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice of potential entitlement 
to each individual who has exhausted all rights to regular benefits and 
is potentially eligible for EB (20 CFR 615.13 (c) (1)).
    Persons who believe they may be entitled to EB, 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. 2011-30584 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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