(a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 in wages during the individual's base period for employment covered by this chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the individual's base period.
(b) [Repealed, § 33 ch 115 SLA 1982.]
(c) For the purpose of computing the benefits payable under this chapter, the base period wages of an insured worker shall be determined as follows:
(1) if the insured worker is paid 90 percent or more of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid in the quarters of the base period other than the one in which the greatest amount of wages were paid, multiplied by 10; and
(2) if the insured worker is paid less than 90 percent of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid to the worker during the base period.
(d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages determined under (c) of this section:
(A)(B)
Base Period WagesWeekly Benefit Amount
At leastBut less than
0 2,500$ 0
2,500 2,750 56
2,750 3,000 58
3,000 3,250 60
3,250 3,500 62
3,500 3,750 64
3,750 4,000 66
4,000 4,250 68
4,250 4,500 70
4,500 4,750 72
4,750 5,000 74
5,000 5,250 76
5,250 5,500 78
5,500 5,750 80
5,750 6,000 82
6,000 6,250 84
6,250 6,500 86
6,500 6,750 88
6,750 7,000 90
7,000 7,250 92
7,250 7,500 94
7,500 7,750 96
7,750 8,000 98
8,000 8,250100
8,250 8,500102
8,500 8,750104
8,750 9,000106
9,000 9,250108
9,250 9,500110
9,500 9,750112
9,75010,000114
10,00010,250116
10,25010,500118
10,50010,750120
10,75011,000122
11,00011,250124
11,25011,500126
11,50011,750128
11,75012,000130
12,00012,250132
12,25012,500134
12,50012,750136
12,75013,000138
13,00013,250140
13,25013,500142
13,50013,750144
13,75014,000146
14,00014,250148
14,25014,500150
14,50014,750152
14,75015,000154
15,00015,250156
15,25015,500158
15,50015,750160
15,75016,000162
16,00016,250164
16,25016,500166
16,50016,750168
16,75017,000170
17,00017,250172
17,25017,500174
17,50017,750176
17,75018,000178
18,00018,250180
18,25018,500182
18,50018,750184
18,75019,000186
19,00019,250188
19,25019,500190
19,50019,750192
19,75020,000194
20,00020,250196
20,25020,500198
20,50020,750200
20,75021,000202
21,00021,250204
21,25021,500206
21,50021,750208
21,75022,000210
22,00022,250212
22,25022,500214
22,50022,750216
22,75023,000218
23,00023,250220
23,25023,500222
23,50023,750224
23,75024,000226
24,00024,250228
24,25024,500230
24,50024,750232
24,75025,000234
25,00025,250236
25,25025,500238
25,50025,750240
25,75026,000242
26,00026,250244
26,25026,500246
26,50026,750248
26,75027,000250
27,00027,250252
27,25027,500254
27,50027,750256
27,75028,000258
28,00028,250260
28,25028,500262
28,50028,750264
28,75029,000266
29,00029,250268
29,25029,500270
29,50029,750272
29,75030,000274
30,00030,250276
30,25030,500278
30,50030,750280
30,75031,000282
31,00031,250284
31,25031,500286
31,50031,750288
31,75032,000290
32,00032,250292
32,25032,500294
32,50032,750296
32,75033,000298
33,00033,250300
33,25033,500302
33,50033,750304
33,75034,000306
34,00034,250308
34,25034,500310
34,50034,750312
34,75035,000314
35,00035,250316
35,25035,500318
35,50035,750320
35,75036,000322
36,00036,250324
36,25036,500326
36,50036,750328
36,75037,000330
37,00037,250332
37,25037,500334
37,50037,750336
37,75038,000338
38,00038,250340
38,25038,500342
38,50038,750344
38,75039,000346
39,00039,250348
39,25039,500350
39,50039,750352
39,75040,000354
40,00040,250356
40,25040,500358
40,50040,750360
40,75041,000362
41,00041,250364
41,25041,500366
41,50041,750368
41,75042,000370
42,000370.
(e) An individual who is eligible under (d) of this section is entitled to receive a weekly benefit under this chapter for the number of weeks set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection opposite the applicable earnings ratio of the individual set out in column (A):
(A)(B)
Earnings RatioNumber of Weeks
less than 1.5016
1.50-1.9918
2.00-2.4920
2.50-2.9922
3.00-3.4924
3.50 or more26
(f) An individual who establishes a benefit year is eligible for an allowance for dependents in addition to the individual's weekly benefit amount. The department may require an individual claiming or receiving an allowance for dependents to produce income tax returns, birth certificates, notices of adoption or custody, social security account number of spouse, verification of support documents, or other information necessary to verify that the allowance is payable to the individual. The allowance for dependents
(1) is $24 per week for each dependent, except that the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not exceed $72 for each week of unemployment;
(2) is payable beginning with the week during the benefit year in which the individual claims an allowance for the dependent and is payable for the remainder of the individual's eligibility for regular, extended, or supplemental payments during the benefit year;
(3) may not be claimed for a new dependent after the end of the benefit year or after the exhaustion of regular benefits in the benefit year;
(4) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.]
(5) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.]
(g) In this section,
(1) “dependent” means an individual's
(A) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward under 18 years of age who is
(i) lawfully in the individual's physical custody at the time the individual claims the allowance for dependents; or
(ii) dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support;
(B) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward of any age who is dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support and who is prevented by infirmity from engaging in a gainful occupation;
(2) “earnings ratio” means the ratio obtained by dividing the total base period wages of the insured worker by the wages paid in the quarter of the base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages.