Two Calendar Quarters In Your Base Period
In the majority of states your base period is a one year time span consisting of the last four out of the most recent five calendar quarters worked before filing your claim.
Two calendar quarters in your base period. In the majority of the states the base period is 12 months consisting of the first four of the last five quarters of the calendar year before filing the claim. Note a calendar year is divided into four quarters known as the calendar quarters. Wages paid for insured work of least 26 times your.
You must have earnings in a minimum of two quarters of the base period your total earnings for the base period must be 1 25 times your earnings in the. If you apply in the first month of a calendar quarter january april july october your base period is the first four of the most recently completed five quarters. If you file your unemployment claim in january through march your base period is january through september of the previous year as well as october through december of the year prior to that.
A quarter is a three month period on a company s financial calendar that acts as a basis for periodic financial reports and the paying of dividends. Idaho has three earnings requirements. Wages paid of at least five times your wba for work during the prior claim if filing a new claim immediately after a prior claim expires.
Wages paid for insured work in at least two calendar quarters in your. If you qualify under the basic base period but you think using the alternate base period would result in a higher benefit rate you may apply within 10 days from the date of the initial monetary. In almost every state that imposes this requirement the employee must have done some work in at least two of the four calendar quarters that make up the base period.
What is a quarter q1 q2 q3 q4. In most cases your unemployment agency will look at a base period of these four full calendar quarters when determining eligibility. Weekly benefit amount wba in your base period.
The alternate base period is the last four completed calendar quarters immediately prior to the calendar quarter in which your claim is effective.