What is the purpose of the Wage Transcript and Determination?
The Wage Transcript and Determination notifies you whether you have had sufficient work and earnings in “covered employment” to establish a monetarily eligible claim. The only earnings that can be used to determine eligibility are those earned during the base period of your claim. The base period is shown on the form. This base period is determined in accordance with the Florida Unemployment Compensation law in Florida Statutes Chapter 443.036(5) as the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. The determination will list all the employers that have reported wage information and paid unemployment compensation taxes to the Department of Revenue on your wages in the base period. You have to have been employed in “covered employment” in the base period to be eligible. “Covered employment” is employment that was performed for an employer who pays unemployment compensation taxes to the Department of Revenue or reimburses the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund for benefits p
