Computation; maximum amount
Sec. 4. (a) Benefits shall be computed upon the basis of wage
credits of an individual in his base period. Wage credits shall be
reported by the employer and credited to the individual in the manner
prescribed by the board. With respect to initial claims filed for any
week beginning on and after July 4, 1959, and before July 7, 1991,
the maximum total amount of benefits payable to any eligible
individual during any benefit period shall not exceed twenty-six (26)
times his weekly benefit, or twenty-five percent (25%) of his wage
credits with respect to his base period, whichever is the lesser. With
respect to initial claims filed for any week beginning on and after
July 7, 1991, the maximum total amount of benefits payable to any
eligible individual during any benefit period shall not exceed
twenty-six (26) times the individual's weekly benefit, or twenty-eight
percent (28%) of the individual's wage credits with respect to the
individual's base period, whichever is less. If such maximum total
amount of benefits is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be
computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar ($1).
(b) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible
individual with respect to his applicable benefit period shall be fifty
percent (50%) of the total amount of regular benefits (including
dependents' allowances) which were payable to him under this article
in the applicable benefit year, or thirteen (13) times the weekly
benefit amount (including dependents' allowances) which was
payable to him under this article for a week of total unemployment
in the applicable benefit year, whichever is the lesser amount.
(c) This subsection applies to individuals who file a disaster
unemployment claim or a state unemployment insurance claim after
June 1, 1990, and before June 2, 1991, or during another time
specified in another state statute. An individual is entitled to thirteen
(13) weeks of additional benefits, as originally determined, if:
(1) the individual has established:
(A) a disaster unemployment claim under the Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or
(B) a state unemployment insurance claim as a direct result
of a major disaster;
(2) all regular benefits and all disaster unemployment assistance
benefits:
(A) have been exhausted by the individual; or
(B) are no longer payable to the individual due to the
expiration of the disaster assistance period; and
(3) the individual remains unemployed as a direct result of the
disaster.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1204; Acts 1959, c.97, s.3; Acts 1967,
c.310, s.17; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.27.) As amended by
P.L.171-1991, SEC.4; P.L.172-1991, SEC.2; P.L.1-1992, SEC.110.
Last modified: May 27, 2006