(a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 in wages during the individual's base period for employment covered by this chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the individual's base period. (b) [Repealed, § 33 ch 115 SLA 1982.] (c) For the purpose of computing the benefits payable under this chapter, the base period wages of an insured worker shall be determined as follows: (1) if the insured worker is paid 90 percent or more of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid in the quarters of the base period other than the one in which the greatest amount of wages were paid, multiplied by 10; and (2) if the insured worker is paid less than 90 percent of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid to the worker during the base period. (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages determined under (c) of this section: (A)(B) Base Period WagesWeekly Benefit Amount At leastBut less than 0 2,500$ 0 2,500 2,750 56 2,750 3,000 58 3,000 3,250 60 3,250 3,500 62 3,500 3,750 64 3,750 4,000 66 4,000 4,250 68 4,250 4,500 70 4,500 4,750 72 4,750 5,000 74 5,000 5,250 76 5,250 5,500 78 5,500 5,750 80 5,750 6,000 82 6,000 6,250 84 6,250 6,500 86 6,500 6,750 88 6,750 7,000 90 7,000 7,250 92 7,250 7,500 94 7,500 7,750 96 7,750 8,000 98 8,000 8,250100 8,250 8,500102 8,500 8,750104 8,750 9,000106 9,000 9,250108 9,250 9,500110 9,500 9,750112 9,75010,000114 10,00010,250116 10,25010,500118 10,50010,750120 10,75011,000122 11,00011,250124 11,25011,500126 11,50011,750128 11,75012,000130 12,00012,250132 12,25012,500134 12,50012,750136 12,75013,000138 13,00013,250140 13,25013,500142 13,50013,750144 13,75014,000146 14,00014,250148 14,25014,500150 14,50014,750152 14,75015,000154 15,00015,250156 15,25015,500158 15,50015,750160 15,75016,000162 16,00016,250164 16,25016,500166 16,50016,750168 16,75017,000170 17,00017,250172 17,25017,500174 17,50017,750176 17,75018,000178 18,00018,250180 18,25018,500182 18,50018,750184 18,75019,000186 19,00019,250188 19,25019,500190 19,50019,750192 19,75020,000194 20,00020,250196 20,25020,500198 20,50020,750200 20,75021,000202 21,00021,250204 21,25021,500206 21,50021,750208 21,75022,000210 22,00022,250212 22,25022,500214 22,50022,750216 22,75023,000218 23,00023,250220 23,25023,500222 23,50023,750224 23,75024,000226 24,00024,250228 24,25024,500230 24,50024,750232 24,75025,000234 25,00025,250236 25,25025,500238 25,50025,750240 25,75026,000242 26,00026,250244 26,25026,500246 26,50026,750248 26,75027,000250 27,00027,250252 27,25027,500254 27,50027,750256 27,75028,000258 28,00028,250260 28,25028,500262 28,50028,750264 28,75029,000266 29,00029,250268 29,25029,500270 29,50029,750272 29,75030,000274 30,00030,250276 30,25030,500278 30,50030,750280 30,75031,000282 31,00031,250284 31,25031,500286 31,50031,750288 31,75032,000290 32,00032,250292 32,25032,500294 32,50032,750296 32,75033,000298 33,00033,250300 33,25033,500302 33,50033,750304 33,75034,000306 34,00034,250308 34,25034,500310 34,50034,750312 34,75035,000314 35,00035,250316 35,25035,500318 35,50035,750320 35,75036,000322 36,00036,250324 36,25036,500326 36,50036,750328 36,75037,000330 37,00037,250332 37,25037,500334 37,50037,750336 37,75038,000338 38,00038,250340 38,25038,500342 38,50038,750344 38,75039,000346 39,00039,250348 39,25039,500350 39,50039,750352 39,75040,000354 40,00040,250356 40,25040,500358 40,50040,750360 40,75041,000362 41,00041,250364 41,25041,500366 41,50041,750368 41,75042,000370 42,000370. (e) An individual who is eligible under (d) of this section is entitled to receive a weekly benefit under this chapter for the number of weeks set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection opposite the applicable earnings ratio of the individual set out in column (A): (A)(B) Earnings RatioNumber of Weeks less than 1.5016 1.50-1.9918 2.00-2.4920 2.50-2.9922 3.00-3.4924 3.50 or more26 (f) An individual who establishes a benefit year is eligible for an allowance for dependents in addition to the individual's weekly benefit amount. The department may require an individual claiming or receiving an allowance for dependents to produce income tax returns, birth certificates, notices of adoption or custody, social security account number of spouse, verification of support documents, or other information necessary to verify that the allowance is payable to the individual. The allowance for dependents (1) is $24 per week for each dependent, except that the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not exceed $72 for each week of unemployment; (2) is payable beginning with the week during the benefit year in which the individual claims an allowance for the dependent and is payable for the remainder of the individual's eligibility for regular, extended, or supplemental payments during the benefit year; (3) may not be claimed for a new dependent after the end of the benefit year or after the exhaustion of regular benefits in the benefit year; (4) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.] (5) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.] (g) In this section, (1) “dependent” means an individual's (A) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward under 18 years of age who is (i) lawfully in the individual's physical custody at the time the individual claims the allowance for dependents; or (ii) dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support; (B) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward of any age who is dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support and who is prevented by infirmity from engaging in a gainful occupation; (2) “earnings ratio” means the ratio obtained by dividing the total base period wages of the insured worker by the wages paid in the quarter of the base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages.
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