[Federal Register: March 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9638]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period
for Nevada and Wisconsin
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 Nevada and Wisconsin.
The following change has occurred since the publication of the last
notice regarding the State's EB status:
The 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) for Nevada and
Wisconsin for the week ending February 07, 2009, rose above 5.0 percent
and exceeded 120 percent of the corresponding average rate in the two
prior years. Therefore, beginning the week of February 22, 2009,
eligible unemployed workers will be able to collect up to an additional
13 weeks of UI 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 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: Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., 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 26th day of February 2009.
Douglas F. Small,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-4625 Filed 3-4-09; 8:45 am]
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