[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 4517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01835]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program 
for the Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit payment status under 
the EB program for the Virgin Islands.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the Virgin Islands' EB status:
     The Virgin Islands' 13-week insured unemployment rate 
(IUR) for the week ending December 02, 2017 was 5.68 percent which 
exceeds 120 percent of the corresponding rate in the prior year. This 
caused Virgin Islands to be triggered ``on'' to an EB period that began 
December 17, 2017. The State will remain in an EB period for a minimum 
of 13 weeks.
    The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EB program 
can be found at: http://oui.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 beginning 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: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 
and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S-
4524, Attn: Anatoli Sznoluch, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3176 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or by email: [email protected].

Rosemary Lahasky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-01835 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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