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so let me get this straight if I had not earned wages in 2011 and 2012 and start working on January 7, 2013 for 16 weeks and make around $12,000.00 in these months my benefits could be for 13 weeks at $450 a week?
so let me get this straight if I had not earned wages in 2011 and 2012 and start working on January 7, 2013 for 16 weeks and make around $12,000.00 in these months my benefits could be for 13 weeks at $450 a week?
Yes. Did you read the NJ quote on how it calculates benefits? Have you used the NJ calculator I linked above? Tell me if you arrive at a different figure.
that does not sound right to me but i will not argue something i don't understand.
Read this:
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What is Needed to Qualify? Did You Earn Enough?
To be eligible for unemployment benefits, you must have worked at least 20 base weeks in covered employment or you must have earned $7,300. For weeks worked in 2010, 2011, and 2012 the amount is $145. These wages must have been earned during a 52 week period that is called a base year.
Base Year Period
Your regular base year period consists of 52 weeks that is determined by the date of your claim. The chart below shows what your regular base year period would be if you filed your claim any day between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
Alternate Base Year Period
If your earnings during your regular base year period do not meet the qualifications for a claim, earnings in other base year periods will be reviewed. You may qualify for benefits if you worked at least 20 base weeks (a base week in 2010, 2011, and 2012 is minimum weekly earnings of $145), or a total of $7,300 in any one-year period in the last 1 1/2 years (last 18 months)for a claim dated in calendar year 2010.
There are two alternate base years (one-year periods) within the last 18 months that we check to qualify you for a claim. You cannot choose which alternate base year or which calendar quarters to use to qualify for a claim. Once your claim becomes valid, that is the base year you must use on your claim. If you still do not qualify for a claim using the first alternate base year, then we check using the second alternate base year.
Alternate Base Year #1 consists of the four most recently completed calendar quarters preceding the date of claim.
Alternate Base Year #2 consists of the three most recently completed calendar quarters preceding the date of the claim and weeks in the filing quarter up to the date of the claim. This alternative base year will contain less than 52 weeks.
i guess this where part time work hurts you. if you make something small and are unemployment benefits than you become full time for 20 weeks or more you are still averaging smaller wages in total so your weekly unemployment benefits would be less too. its crazy how it all works out sometimes.
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