§ 590. Rights to benefits. 1. Entitlement to benefits. A claimant\nshall be entitled to accumulate effective weeks for the purpose of\nbenefit rights only if he has complied with the provisions of this\narticle regarding the filing of his claim, including the filing of a\nvalid original claim, registered as totally or partially unemployed,\nreported his subsequent employment and unemployment, and reported for\nwork or otherwise given notice of the continuance of his unemployment.\n 2. Notice of eligibility upon separation from employment. Every\nemployer liable under this article for contributions shall inform each\nemployee of their right to file an application for unemployment benefits\nwith the department. Such information shall be given at the time of each\npermanent or indefinite separation from employment, reduction in hours,\ntemporary separation, and any other interruption of continued employment\nthat results in total or partial unemployment. Such notice shall be\ngiven in writing on a form furnished or approved by the department and\nshall include:\n (a) the employer's name and registration number;\n (b) the address of the employer to which a request for remuneration\nand employment information with respect to such employee must be\ndirected; and\n (c) such other information as is required by the commissioner.\n 3. Compensable periods. Benefits shall be paid for each effective\nweek.\n 4. Duration. Benefits shall not be paid in an amount greater than\ntwenty-six times the claimant's weekly benefit rate in any benefit year,\nexcept as provided in section six hundred one and subdivision two of\nsection five hundred ninety-nine of this chapter.\n * 5. Benefit rate. (a) A claimant's weekly benefit amount shall be one\ntwenty-sixth of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar\nquarter of the base period by employers, liable for contributions or\npayments in lieu of contributions under this article, provided the\nclaimant has remuneration paid in all four calendar quarters during his\nor her base period or alternate base period. However, for any claimant\nwho has remuneration paid in all four calendar quarters during his or\nher base period or alternate base period and whose high calendar quarter\nremuneration during the base period is three thousand five hundred\nseventy-five dollars or less, the benefit amount shall be one\ntwenty-fifth of the remuneration paid during the highest calendar\nquarter of the base period by employers liable for contributions or\npayments in lieu of contributions under this article. A claimant's\nweekly benefit shall be one twenty-sixth of the average remuneration\npaid in the two highest quarters paid during the base period or\nalternate base period by employers liable for contributions or payments\nin lieu of contributions under this article when the claimant has\nremuneration paid in two or three calendar quarters provided however,\nthat a claimant whose high calendar quarter is four thousand dollars or\nless but greater than three thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars\nshall have a weekly benefit amount of one twenty-sixth of such high\ncalendar quarter. However, for any claimant who has remuneration paid in\ntwo or three calendar quarters during his or her base period or\nalternate base period and whose high calendar quarter remuneration\nduring the base period is three thousand five hundred seventy-five\ndollars or less, the benefit amount shall be one twenty-fifth of the\nremuneration paid during the highest calendar quarter of the base period\nby employers liable for contributions or payments in lieu of\ncontributions under this article. Any claimant whose high calendar\nquarter remuneration during the base period is more than three thousand\nfive hundred seventy-five dollars shall not have a weekly benefit amount\nless than one hundred forty-three dollars. The weekly benefit amount, so\ncomputed, that is not a multiple of one dollar shall be lowered to the\nnext m
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