[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-590]


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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 Iowa and 
Oklahoma

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement regarding Notice of a Change in Status of the 
payable period in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) 
program for Iowa and Oklahoma.
    Public law 112-78 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 December 20, 2011, the estimated three month average, seasonally 
adjusted total unemployment rate for Iowa fell to 5.9%, below the 
threshold to remain ``on'' in Tier 3 of the EUC08 program. As a result, 
the current maximum potential duration for claimants in Iowa in the 
EUC08 program will decrease from 47 weeks to 34 weeks. The week ending 
January 14, 2012 will be the last week in which EUC claimants in Iowa 
can exhaust Tier 2, and establish Tier 3 eligibility. Under the phase-
out provisions, claimants can receive any remaining entitlement they 
have in Tier 3 after January 14, 2012.
     Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on December 20, 2011, the estimated three month average, seasonally 
adjusted total unemployment rate for Oklahoma rose to 6.0%, meeting the 
criteria to trigger ``on'' to Tier 3 in the EUC08 program. Claimants 
who have exhausted Tier 2 in the EUC08 program may be eligible for up 
to 13 additional weeks of benefits. The payable period for Oklahoma in 
Tier 3 of the EUC08 program begins January 8, 2012.

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, 111-312, and 112-78, 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 9th day of January 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-590 Filed 1-12-12; 8:45 am]
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