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Background. Title II, Section 201 of Public Law 102-318 amended the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 by providing for the use of a 3-month average seasonally adjusted TUR as an alternative trigger mechanism for determining a State's eligibility to pay EB. Prior to the alternative TUR trigger, any determination of whether a State was triggered "on" or "off" EB was based on the State's 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) as reported by the State agency. Within 10 calendar days after the end of any week with respect to which the head of a State agency had determined that there was an "on" or "off" indicator change, the State was required to notify the Secretary of the change (see 20 CFR 615.12). This requirement still applies to EB periods based on the IUR trigger. The DOL's Bureau of Labor Statistics is the official source of the alternative TUR trigger, which makes it the DOL's responsibility to determine the rates of total unemployment for "on" or "off" EB indicators with respect to this trigger (see 203(f)(2) of Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970). This necessitates that DOL implement a notification process to advise affected States of a status change based on the alternative TUR trigger. DOL's Notification Process of an EB Status Change. Effective immediately, the Department of Labor will issue a notice to the appropriate State official when it has been determined that a State's EB status will change due to the alternative TUR trigger. This notice will include the circumstances which resulted in the status change. Except for the requirement in Section 615.12(e), States still must follow all procedural requirements of 20 CFR 615 related to notification of the Department. Action Required. State Administrators are requested to provide the above information to all appropriate staff.

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References: UIPL No. 16-94, (3/15/94) UIPL No. 18-93, (3/18/93), UIPL No.20-93 (3/8/93). Background: The RQC staff compiles questions and issues that arise during RQC training classes, Regional and National Office monitoring trips, and from other sources in order to develop a generic set of answers to those questions believed to be of universal interest to the State staff implementing RQC. Questions and Answers: The attached Q&As (dated May 1994) are an addition to the compilation of questions and answers dated February 1994. The Q&As are arranged by tax function and in the same sequence as the RQC Operations Handbook. This format provides the necessary flexibility to allow periodic Q&A updates to be inserted in the appropriate section. (For example, the May Status Acceptance Sampling pages can be inserted at the end of the February Status Acceptance Sampling section.) Numbering of the questions is continuous. Action Required: SESA Administrators are requested to provide the attached Q&As to RQC Reviewers and appropriate ADP staff. Three copies are attached for your convenience.