[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75562-75563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30964]


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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 Colorado

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 Colorado.
    Public Law 111-312 extended provisions in Public Law 111-92 which 
amended prior laws to create Third and Fourth Tiers 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

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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 October 21, 2011, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate for Colorado fell below the 8.5% threshold to remain 
``on'' in Tier Four of the EUC08 program. The week ending November 12, 
2011, is the last week in which EUC claimants in Colorado can exhaust 
Tier 3 and establish Tier 4 eligibility. Under the phase-out 
provisions, claimants who were in Tier Four can receive any remaining 
entitlement they have in Tier Four after November 12, 2011.

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 23rd day of November, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-30964 Filed 12-1-11; 8:45 am]
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