73 FR 134 pg. 39988 - Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period for Rhode Island
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 134Page: 39988
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-15807 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Employment and Training Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period for Rhode Island
AGENCY:
Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under the EB Program for Rhode Island.
The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding the State's EB status:
• Effective June 22, 2008, Rhode Island's 3-month seasonally adjusted total unemployment rate rose to the 6.5 percent threshold and exceeded 110 percent of the corresponding rate in the prior year. This causes the State to be triggered "on" to an EB period beginning July 6, 2008.
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 27th day of June, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. E8-15807 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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