What wages are used in determining monetary eligibility?
Wages are drawn from a one-year period (four calendar quarters) to calculate eligibility. This one-year period is called the Base Period. By law, neither the quarter in which your claim is initiated nor the calendar quarter immediately preceding that quarter can be used for this calculation. Therefore, the Base Period normally will be the first four of the previously-completed calendar quarters. If your claim is effective with any Sunday in: January, February, or March The Base Period will be the first nine months (Jan-Sept) of last year and the last three months (Oct-Dec) of the year before last; If your claim is effective with any Sunday in: April, May, or June The Base Period will be all twelve months (Jan-Dec) of last year; If your claim is effective with any Sunday in: July, August, or September The Base Period will be the first three months of the current year (Jan-Mar) and the last nine months (Apr-Dec) of the last year; If your claim is effective with any Sunday in: October, No
