Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program for New Mexico

• Citation: 86 FR 52222
• Record Number: 2021-20238
• Published date: 20 September 2021
• Section: Notices
• Court: Employment And Training Administration

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 52222]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-20238]
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                DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                Employment and Training Administration
                Notice of a Change in Status of the Extended Benefit (EB) Program
                for New Mexico
                AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                 This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under
                the EB program that has occurred since the publication of the last
                notice regarding the States' EB status:
                 The beginning date for New Mexico's High Unemployment
                Period (HUP) was July 4, 2021, and statutorily once a state begins a
                HUP it must remain ``on'' for 13-weeks. During the mandatory 13-week
                ``on'' period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data which
                showed the seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rate for New Mexico
                falling below the 8.0 percent threshold necessary to remain ``on'' a
                HUP in EB. As such, the HUP for New Mexico will end on October 2, 2021
                and beginning October 3, 2021, the maximum potential entitlement for
                claimants in EB in New Mexico will decrease from 20 weeks to 13 weeks.
                 The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EB program
                can be found at: http://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.as.
                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: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment
                and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S-
                4524, Attn: Thomas Stengle, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
                20210, telephone number (202) 693-2991 (this is not a toll-free number)
                or by email: [email protected].
                 Signed in Washington, DC.
                Lenita Jacobs-Simmons,
                Acting Assistant Secretary, Labor.
                [FR Doc. 2021-20238 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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