[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81522-81523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27633]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Program 
for Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, and West Virginia

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under 
the EB program for Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, and West Virginia.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding the State's EB status:
     Arizona's 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) for the 
week ending November 21, 2020, was 4.78 percent, falling below the 5.00 
percent threshold necessary to remain ``on'' EB. Therefore, the EB 
period for Arizona ends on December 12, 2020. The state will remain in 
an ``off'' period for a minimum of 13 weeks.
     Maryland's 13-week IUR for the week ending November 21, 
2020, was 4.96 percent, falling below the 5.00 percent threshold 
necessary to remain ``on'' EB. Therefore, the EB period for Maryland 
ends on December 12, 2020. The state will remain in an ``off'' period 
for a minimum of 13 weeks.
     Oklahoma's 13-week IUR for the week ending November 21, 
2020, was 4.94 percent, falling below the 5.00 percent threshold 
necessary to remain ``on'' EB. Therefore, the EB period for Oklahoma 
ends on December 12, 2020. The state will remain in an ``off'' period 
for a minimum of 13 weeks.
     West Virginia's 13-week IUR for the week ending November 
21, 2020, was 4.64 percent, falling below the 5.00 percent threshold 
necessary to remain ``on'' EB. Therefore, the EB period for West 
Virginia ends on December 12, 2020. The state will remain in an ``off'' 
period for a minimum of 13 weeks.

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 state by the U.S. Department 
of Labor. In the case of a state ending an EB period, the State 
Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice to each individual who 
is currently filing claims for EB of the forthcoming termination of the 
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period and its effect on the individual's right to EB (20 CFR 615.13 
(c)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 
and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S-
4524, Attn: Thomas Stengle, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20210, telephone number (202)-693-2991 (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. 2020-27633 Filed 12-15-20; 8:45 am]
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