Whether or not you have collected all the benefits in your claim, we stop paying benefits after one year has passed from the initial date of your claim. We do not need to recalculate your weekly benefit rate in this case – it remains the same. If you return to work before you collect all the benefits in your claim, and then become unemployed again before the one-year anniversary of your claim, you should immediately reopen your claim. The annual claim period, or benefit year, is 365 days from the date of your claim.

Right now, the maximum total benefit amount any one claimant can receive during their annual claim period is $20,904 ($804 x 26).

The maximum anyone can receive, regardless of how many weeks they worked during the base year or how much they earned, is 26 times the maximum weekly benefit rate. Her maximum benefit amount will be $300 x 26 = $7,800. His maximum benefit amount will be $200 times 20 weeks = $4,000.Įxample 2: Rebecca worked 50 weeks during the base year period, and is entitled to a maximum 26-week claim at a weekly benefit rate of $300. We calculate this amount as follows: Maximum Benefit Amount = the number of weeks you worked in the base period (up to 26) * your weekly benefit rateĮxample 1: Steve worked 20 weeks during the base year period. The maximum benefit amount is the 'balance' of benefits/funds potentially available to you based on your weeks worked and wages earned before you filed.

Information for Working Parents and Caregivers.

Federal and State Extended Unemployment Benefits.

$200 social security increase