Benefit Year

Your benefit year will run one (1) year from the effective date of your first or new claim.

During this benefit year, you may receive a weekly benefit amount for each week in which you are unemployed and otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the law, until the maximum benefit amount as shown on the initial determination has been paid to you.

You must wait until the end of the benefit year before you file a new claim for benefits if you exhaust your maximum benefit amount before the end of the benefit year. However, in order to be eligible during a second benefit year, you must earn at least eight (8) times your weekly benefit amount after the effective date of the first claim.