[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02430]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Announcement Regarding a Change In Eligibility for Unemployment 
Insurance (UI) Claimants In Alaska in the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) produces trigger 
notices indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits, and 
provides the beginning and ending dates of payable periods for each 
qualifying state. The trigger notices covering state eligibility for 
this program can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.
    The following changes have occurred since the publication of the 
last notice regarding states EUC08 trigger status:
     Alaska triggers ``on'' to Tier 3 of EUC08 effective 12/8/
2013.
    Alaska's 13-week insured unemployment rate for the week ending 
November 23, 2013, was 4.06%, exceeding the 4.0% trigger rate threshold 
necessary to trigger ``on'' Tier 3 of EUC08. The week beginning 
December 8, 2013, was the first week in which EUC08 claimants in Alaska 
who had exhausted Tier 2, and were otherwise eligible, could establish 
Tier 3 eligibility.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EUC08 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, 111-312, 112-96, and 112-240, and the operating instructions 
issued to the states by the Department.
    In the case of a state beginning or concluding a payable period in 
EUC08, the State Workforce Agency (SWA) will furnish a written notice 
of any change in potential entitlement to each individual who could 
establish, or had established, eligibility for benefits (20 CFR 
615.13(c)(1) and (c)(4)). Persons who believe they may be entitled to 
benefits in the EUC08 program, or who wish to inquire about their 
rights under this program, should contact their SWA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Sznoluch, 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) 693-3176 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or by email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 10th day of January, 2014.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2014-02430 Filed 2-4-14; 8:45 am]
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