Wage credits
Sec. 5. (a) As further conditions precedent to the payment of
benefits to an individual with respect to benefit periods established
on and after July 6, 1980, and before July 7, 1985:
(1) the individual must have established, after the last day of his
last base period, if any, wage credits (as defined in IC 22-4-4-3)
and within the meaning of IC 22-4-22-3 equal to at least one
and one-quarter (1.25) times the wages paid to him in the
calendar quarter in which his wages were highest; and
(2) the individual must have established wage credits in the last
two (2) calendar quarters of his base period in a total amount of
not less than nine hundred dollars ($900) and an aggregate
amount in the four (4) calendar quarters of his base period of
not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(b) As further conditions precedent to the payment of benefits to
an individual with respect to benefit periods established on and after
July 7, 1985, and before January 1, 1992:
(1) the individual must have established, after the last day of the
individual's last base period, if any, wage credits (as defined in
IC 22-4-4-3 and within the meaning of IC 22-4-22-3) equal to
at least one and one-half (1.5) times the wages paid to the
individual in the calendar quarter in which the individual's
wages were highest; and
(2) the individual must have established wage credits in the last
two (2) calendar quarters of the individual's base period in a
total amount of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500) and an aggregate amount in the four (4) calendar
quarters of the individual's base period of not less than two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(c) As further conditions precedent to the payment of benefits to
an individual with respect to benefit periods established on and after
January 1, 1992, and before July 1, 1995:
(1) the individual must have established, after the last day of the
individual's last base period, if any, wage credits (as defined in
IC 22-4-4-3 and within the meaning of IC 22-4-22-3) equal to
at least one and one-quarter (1.25) times the wages paid to the
individual in the calendar quarter in which the individual's
wages were highest; and
(2) the individual must have established wage credits in the last
two (2) calendar quarters of the individual's base period in a
total amount of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500) and an aggregate in the four (4) calendar quarters of
the individual's base period of not less than two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500).
(d) As further conditions precedent to the payment of benefits to
an individual with respect to benefit periods established on and after
July 1, 1995:
(1) the individual must have established, after the last day of the
individual's last base period, if any, wage credits (as defined in
IC 22-4-4-3 and within the meaning of IC 22-4-22-3) equal to
at least one and one-quarter (1.25) times the wages paid to the
individual in the calendar quarter in which the individual's
wages were highest; and
(2) the individual must have established wage credits in the last
two (2) calendar quarters of the individual's base period in a
total amount of not less than one thousand six hundred fifty
dollars ($1,650) and an aggregate in the four (4) calendar
quarters of the individual's base period of not less than two
thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750).
(e) As a further condition precedent to the payment of benefits to
an individual with respect to a benefit year established on and after
July 1, 1995, an insured worker may not receive benefits in a benefit
year unless after the beginning of the immediately preceding benefit
year during which the individual received benefits, the individual
performed insured work and earned wages in employment under
IC 22-4-8 in an amount not less than the individual's weekly benefit
amount established for the individual in the preceding benefit year
in each of eight (8) weeks.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1405; Acts 1965, c.190, s.8; Acts
1971, P.L.355, SEC.32; Acts 1974, P.L.110, SEC.3.) As amended by
Acts 1980, P.L.158, SEC.4; P.L.34-1985, SEC.6; P.L.171-1991,
SEC.5; P.L.21-1995, SEC.80; P.L.166-1996, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 27, 2006