[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3253]


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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 Alaska

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in status of the payable 
periods in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) program 
for Alaska.
    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.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the State's EUC08 status:
     Alaska's 13-week insured unemployment rate for the week 
ending January 7, 2012, rose to meet the 6% threshold to trigger ``on'' 
to Tier 4 of the EUC08 program. The payable period for Alaska in Tier 
Four of EUC08 began January 22, 2012. As a result, the current maximum 
potential entitlement for claimants in Alaska in the EUC08 program will 
increase from 47 weeks to 53 weeks.

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 2nd day of February, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-3253 Filed 2-10-12; 8:45 am]
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