[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Ohio

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility 
under the EB program for Ohio.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the State's EB status:
     Ohio has modified its law by adding a total unemployment 
rate (TUR) trigger retroactive to February 22, 2009. As a result, Ohio 
has retroactively triggered ``on'' to a high unemployment period (HUP) 
for weeks of unemployment beginning March 15, 2009, and eligible 
unemployed workers will be able to collect up to an additional 20 weeks 
of unemployment insurance benefits.

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 HUP, the State Workforce 
Agency will furnish a written notice of potential entitlement to each 
individual who may be eligible for increased benefits due to the HUP 
(20 CFR 615.13(c)(1)). Persons 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 Workforce 
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Building, Room 
S-4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3008 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.scott@dol.gov.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 19th day of June 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-15165 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]

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