[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2897-2898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00668]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration.


Announcement Regarding a Change in Eligibility for Unemployment 
Insurance (UI) Claimants in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Rhode Island, 
the Virgin Islands and Washington in the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) produces trigger 
notices indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits, and 
provides the beginning and ending dates of payable periods for each 
qualifying state. The trigger notices covering state eligibility for 
this program can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding states' EUC08 trigger status:
     Colorado triggers ``off'' Tier 3 of EUC08 effective 12/14/
2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
November 22, 2013, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in Colorado was 6.9%, falling below the 7.0% trigger 
rate threshold necessary to remain ``on'' Tier 3 of EUC08. The week 
ending December 14, 2013, will be the last week in which EUC08 
claimants in Colorado who have exhausted Tier 2, and are otherwise 
eligible, can establish Tier 3 eligibility.
     Florida triggers ``off'' Tier 3 of EUC08 effective 12/14/
2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
November 22, 2013, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in Florida was 6.8%, falling below the 7.0% trigger 
rate threshold necessary to remain ``on'' Tier 3 of EUC08. The week 
ending December 14, 2013, will be the last week in which EUC08 
claimants in Florida who have exhausted Tier 2, and are otherwise 
eligible, can establish Tier 3 eligibility.
     Michigan triggers ``on'' Tier 4 of EUC08 effective 12/8/
2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
November 22, 2013, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in Michigan was 9.0%, meeting the 9.0% trigger rate 
threshold necessary to trigger ``on'' Tier 4 of EUC08. The week 
beginning December 8, 2013, will be the first week in which EUC08 
claimants in Michigan who have exhausted Tier 3, and are otherwise 
eligible, can establish Tier 4 eligibility.
     Rhode Island triggers ``on'' Tier 4 of EUC08 effective 12/
8/2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
November 22, 2013, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 9.1%, exceeding the 9.0% trigger 
rate threshold necessary to trigger ``on'' Tier 4 of EUC08. The week 
beginning December 8, 2013, will be the first week in which EUC08 
claimants in Rhode Island who have exhausted Tier 3, and are otherwise 
eligible, can establish Tier 4 eligibility.
     Washington triggers ``on'' to Tier 3 of EUC08 effective 
12/8/2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 
November 22, 2013, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in Washington was 7.0%, meeting the 7.0% trigger rate 
threshold necessary to trigger ``on'' Tier 3 of EUC08. The week 
beginning December 8, 2013, will be the first week in which EUC08 
claimants in Washington who have exhausted Tier 2, and are otherwise 
eligible, can establish Tier 3 eligibility.
     The Virgin Islands triggers ``on'' to Tier 4 of EUC08 
effective 11/10/2013.
    Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on October 
22, 2013, the estimated three month average, seasonally adjusted total 
unemployment rate in the Virgin Islands was 9.8%, exceeding the 9.0% 
trigger rate threshold necessary to trigger ``on'' in Tier 4 of EUC08. 
The week beginning November 10, 2013, was the first week in which EUC08 
claimants in the Virgin Islands who had exhausted Tier 3 and were 
otherwise eligible, could establish Tier 4 eligibility.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EUC08 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, 112-96, and 112-240, and the operating instructions 
issued to the states by the Department.
    In the case of a state beginning or concluding a payable period in 
EUC08, the State Workforce Agency (SWA) will furnish a written notice 
of any change in potential entitlement to each individual who could 
establish, or had established, eligibility for benefits (20 CFR 615.13 
(c)(1) and (c)(4)). Persons who believe they may be entitled to 
benefits in the EUC08 program, or who

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wish to inquire about their rights under this program, should contact 
their SWA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Sznoluch, 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) 693-3176 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or by email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 6th day of December, 2013.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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