Announcement Regarding States Triggering “off” of Tiers Three and Four of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)

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Announcement regarding states triggering "off" of Tiers Three and Four of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program. Public Law 111-205 extended provisions in Public Law 111-92 which amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EUC08 program can be found at: http:// ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims--arch.asp. A new trigger notice is posted at this location each week that the program is in effect. Based on data published September 21, 2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the following trigger changes have occurred for states in the EUC08 program: New Hampshire's three month average seasonally-adjusted TUR for August declined to 5.8%, below the 6.0% threshold to remain "on" Tier Three, hence the state triggered off of Tier Three. As a result, New Hampshire concluded its payable