[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32881]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of the Payable Periods in the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program for Texas
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Texas will trigger ``on'' to Tier Four of Emergency
Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) for weeks of unemployment
beginning December 11, 2011.
Public law 111-312 extended provisions in public law 111-92 which
amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within
the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in
high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger
notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers
Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable
periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state
eligibility for the EUC08 program can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
Based on data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on
November 22, 2011, the three month average, seasonally adjusted total
unemployment rate for Texas rose to meet the 8.5% threshold to trigger
``on'' in Tier Four of the EUC08 program. The payable period for Texas
in Tier Four of EUC will begin December 11, 2011. As a result, the
current maximum potential entitlement will increase from 47 weeks to 53
weeks in the EUC08 program.
Information for Claimants
The duration of benefits payable in the EUC 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 and 111-312, and the operating instructions issued to the states by
the U.S. Department of Labor. Persons who believe they may be entitled
to additional benefits under the EUC08 program, or who wish to inquire
about their rights under the program, should contact their State
Workforce Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Gibbons, 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) 693-3008 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by email: [email protected].
Signed in Washington, DC, this 6th day of December, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-32881 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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