[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 11160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4295]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Maine and Michigan

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in status of payable periods 
under the EB program for Maine and Michigan.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding these States' EB status:
     Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on January 24, 2012, Maine and Michigan do not meet one of the 
necessary criteria to remain on in the EB program: Having a TUR trigger 
rate at least ten percent greater than the rate for a comparable period 
in any of the three prior years. This triggered Maine and Michigan 
``off'' the EB program with the week ending January 28, 2012. The end 
of the payable period in both states in the EB program will be February 
18, 2012.
    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)(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 February, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-4295 Filed 2-23-12; 8:45 am]
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