[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: 2012-591]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Delaware and Minnesota

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 Delaware and Minnesota.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding State EB status:
     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 Minnesota fell to 6.4%, and their 
third year look-back fell to 108%. These two factors trigger Minnesota 
``off'' the EB program with the week ending December 24, 2011, and the 
end of the payable period in Minnesota in the EB program will be 
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 Delaware fell to 7.9%, below the 
rate required to remain in a high unemployment period (HUP). Claimants 
will remain eligible for up to 20 weeks of benefits in Delaware through 
January 14, 2012, but starting January 15, 2012, the maximum potential 
entitlement in the EB program in Delaware will decrease from 20 weeks 
to 13 weeks.

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 concluding 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) (4)).
    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 9th day of January, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-591 Filed 1-12-12; 8:45 am]
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