[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 52222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20238]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


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

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 that has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the States' EB status:
     The beginning date for New Mexico's High Unemployment 
Period (HUP) was July 4, 2021, and statutorily once a state begins a 
HUP it must remain ``on'' for 13-weeks. During the mandatory 13-week 
``on'' period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data which 
showed the seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rate for New Mexico 
falling below the 8.0 percent threshold necessary to remain ``on'' a 
HUP in EB. As such, the HUP for New Mexico will end on October 2, 2021 
and beginning October 3, 2021, the maximum potential entitlement for 
claimants in EB in New Mexico will decrease from 20 weeks to 13 weeks.
    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 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: 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.
Lenita Jacobs-Simmons,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2021-20238 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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