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I've been working for at a temp job since July 1st, 2011. It is my first job. I recently ran out of hours at this job and am no longer able to work there. Basically I was laid off. My last day of work was February 20th, 2012
I applied for unemployment compensation for Pennsylvania, and recieved a letter saying I am not financially eligible for unemployment compensation. Why is this? If i'm correct I worked 2 quarters of the last year which they call the base year. I worked July, August and September. I also worked October, November, and December. I earned more than 50$ each week. I missed like 4 days of work my entire working there and was paid 13.50 a hour, and also did some overtime. So has there been a mistake? Do I file the appeal I recieved? Or am I pretty much out of luck?
I'm not sure what state you are in, but at least I know in my state in order to be eligible for benefits, the base period is at least four of the last five quarters. This may be the reason.
The "base year" is generally the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the AB date. The amount of money you were paid by all employers covered by the UC Law during the "base year," determines whether you qualify for benefits and for what amount.
I worked 2 quarters? Is that not enough? i should have made over 14,000 in combined for each of those quarters. yet this sheet says i only made around 7,000. Also i worked 2 months in 2012.
Unfortunately no, two quarters is not enough under the eligibility requirements. It doesn't matter how much you made during those quarters, just if you 1) worked the required 4 out of 5 preceding quarters and 2) made enough to pay out unemployment.
Your employer would not have paid enough into the system for the state to pay out a full claim for you in two quarters.
I worked 2 quarters? Is that not enough? i should have made over 14,000 in combined for each of those quarters. yet this sheet says i only made around 7,000. Also i worked 2 months in 2012.
Somebody already mentioned the only quarters that count are the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters. Since the first quarter of 2012 isn't over yet, the 2 months you worked in 2012 mean nothing. Also, since the last quarter of 2011 (Oct, Nov, Dec) is the last completed calendar quarter, it also means nothing because it is not one of the first 4 of the last 5.
Basically what it boils down to is your base period is the period between Oct. 1st 2010 - Sep 30th 2011.
So unless you can find some wages your state doesn't know about (like earnings in another state) you are SOL.
The "base year" is generally the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the AB date. The amount of money you were paid by all employers covered by the UC Law during the "base year," determines whether you qualify for benefits and for what amount.
This is a Washington state diagram about the base year that may help the OP.
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