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ETA News Release: [01/16/2007]
Contact Name: David James or Peggy Abrahamson
Phone Number: (202) 693-4696 or x7909
Release
Number: 07-0054-NAT
U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Unemployment Compensation Eligibility Final Rule
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today published a final rule in the Federal Register codifying a longstanding policy requiring unemployment compensation (UC) beneficiaries to be able and available to work.
"This rule represents our sustained effort to safeguard the integrity of state unemployment insurance systems, so that eligible unemployed workers receive the correct benefits and can quickly get back to work," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco.
The ability and availability of qualifying jobless workers to work has been a basic tenet of the federal-state unemployment insurance program since its inception in 1935. While implicitly required by state UC programs, it had not been explicitly stated in federal law until the publication of this rule. The rule does not require states to amend their laws or regulations nor does it change the eligibility requirements for UC beneficiaries.
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on this matter was published on July 22, 2005.
The final rule appears in today's edition of the Federal Register and can be accessed online at www.dol.gov/federalregister/HtmlDisplay.aspx?DocId=12547&Month=1&Year=2007.
For additional information on the Department of Labor's unemployment insurance programs, please visit www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/.
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