94-3110. Changes in Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Benefit Period Durations for All States and the Beginning of Extended Benefit (EB) Periods for Three States  

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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
     
    
    Changes in Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Benefit 
    Period Durations for All States and the Beginning of Extended Benefit 
    (EB) Periods for Three States
    
        This notice announces changes in benefit period durations available 
    under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program for all States 
    resulting from amendments to the EUC law, and the beginning of Extended 
    Benefit Periods for three States.
    
    Background
    
        The Emergency Unemployment Act of 1991, as amended by Public Law 
    103-152, extended the EUC program through April 30, 1994, with no EUC 
    to be paid on any new claim to establish an EUC account after February 
    5, 1994. Section 2(b)(1)(B) of that law amended section 102(b)(2) of 
    Public Law 102-164 by establishing the maximum number of weeks of 
    benefits available in States at 13 or 7 weeks. Claimants filing initial 
    claims for EUC for weeks of unemployment beginning after October 2, 
    1993 are entitled to either 13 to 7 weeks of EUC, depending on the 
    unemployment rates experienced in their State.
        Currently, new claimants in three States (Alaska, California and 
    West Virginia) are potentially eligible for 13 weeks of EUC. New 
    claimants in all other States are potentially eligible for 7 weeks of 
    benefits. Claimants who filed initial claims which were effective for a 
    week beginning prior to October 2, 1993 are potentially eligible to 
    collect the entire entitlement as in effect prior to the reduction in 
    weeks available.
        In addition, the following State-specific change in EUC benefit 
    period durations to which claimants are entitled has occurred since the 
    publication of the last notice:
         October 31, 1993--Rhode Island decreased to 7 weeks.
        Thus, in Rhode Island, the maximum amount of EUC payable for new 
    accounts established for weeks of unemployment beginning after October 
    31, 1993 is 7 weeks.
        In the permanent Extended Benefits Program, three States have 
    started EB period effective October 3, 1993. Oregon and Washington have 
    triggered ``on'' to extended benefits based on their three-month 
    average seasonally adjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) which 
    exceeded 6.5 percent and was 10 percent higher than either 
    corresponding three-month average TUR in the two immediately preceding 
    years. Puerto Rico triggered ``on'' to extended benefits as a result of 
    its 13-week average insured unemployed rate exceeding 6.0 percent. 
    Claimants in Washington are eligible for a maximum of 20 weeks of 
    extended benefits due to the State's three-month average TUR exceeding 
    8.0 percent, while claimants in Oregon and Puerto Rico are eligible for 
    13 weeks of extended benefits.
    
    Information for Claimants
    
        The duration of benefits payable in the Emergency Unemployment 
    Compensation Period, and the terms and conditions on which they are 
    payable, are governed by the Act and the operating instructions issued 
    to the States by the U.S. Department of Labor. The State employment 
    security 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 EUC benefits (20 CFR 615.13(c)(2), made 
    applicable to the EUC program by section 101(d)(2) of the Emergency 
    Unemployment Act of 1991).
        Persons who believe they may be entitled to EUC or EB benefits, or 
    who wish to inquire about their rights under the programs, should 
    contact the nearest State employment service office or unemployment 
    compensation claims office in their locality.
    
        Signed at Washington, DC, on February 4, 1994.
    Doug Ross,
    Assistant Secretary of Labor.
    [FR Doc. 94-3110 Filed 2-9-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
02/10/1994
Department:
Labor Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Document Number:
94-3110
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 10, 1994