[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 129 (Monday, July 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40320-40321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14353]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a retroactive change in benefit period 
eligibility under the EB program for Ohio. The following changes have 
occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding the State's 
EB status:
    Based on Ohio's State law, which provides for the temporary 
adoption of the optional TUR trigger during periods of 100 percent 
Federal financing, and data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on May 22, 2020, the seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rate for 
Ohio rose to meet the 8.0 percent threshold to trigger ``on'' to a high 
unemployment period in EB. The payable period for Ohio under the high 
unemployment period is retroactive to June 7, 2020, and eligibility for 
claimants has been extended from up to 13 weeks of potential duration 
to up to 20 weeks of potential duration in the EB program.
    The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EB program 
can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.as.

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

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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: Kevin Stapleton, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20210, telephone number (202)-693-3009 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or by email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2020-14353 Filed 7-2-20; 8:45 am]
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