Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period for West Virginia.

Résumé

This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under the EB program for West Virginia. The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding West Virginia's EB status: West Virginia has enacted a retroactive TUR trigger for their EB program. West Virginia would have triggered on with the release of state total unemployment rates (TURs) for April 2009, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on May 22, 2009. This means their current EB period began June 7, 2009. In addition, the three month average seasonally adjusted TUR rose above the 8.0 percent threshold for a High Unemployment Period (HUP) with the release of June TURs on July 17, 2009. As a result, a HUP in the EB program began in West Virginia on August 2. Eligible claimants will be able to receive up to 20 weeks of additional benefits.