[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37112-37113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13175]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program 
for Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, 
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  This notice announces a change in benefit payment status 
under the EB program for Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, 
Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding each States' EB status:

    The 13-week insured unemployment rates (IUR) for Alabama, 
Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, for the week ending May 16, 2020, 
rose above 5.0 percent and exceeded 120 percent of the corresponding 
average rates in the two prior years. Therefore, beginning the week 
of May 31, 2020, eligible unemployed workers will be able to collect 
up to an additional 13 weeks of UI benefits.

    The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EB program 
can be found at: http://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.

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.

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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: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 
and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, Room S-
4524, Attn: Kevin Stapleton, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20210, telephone number: (202) 693-3009 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or by email: [email protected].

    Signed in Washington, DC.
John Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 2020-13175 Filed 6-18-20; 8:45 am]
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