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Office of the Labor Member |
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Informational Conference Program |
| Unemployment
and Sickness Benefits |
| How Long Can
I Get Benefits? - Slide 4 |
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Version:How Long
Can I Get Benefits?
- Normal benefits payable for up to 130 days in benefit year
- Extended benefits
- Need 10 or more years' service
- Generally 13 consecutive weeks of payments
- Accelerated benefits under certain circumstances
Notes:
- Exhausting one type of benefit (unemployment or sickness) does not exhaust
other.
- Maximum of 26 weeks of normal benefits for unemployment and 26 weeks for
sickness.
- Extended benefits are payable if employee:
- Has 10 years of service;
- Exhausts normal unemployment or sickness benefits; or
- Is not qualified for normal benefits in current year but was in previous
benefit year.
- No waiting period for extended benefits.
- Accelerated benefits are payable if employee:
- Has 10 years of service;
- Does not have sufficient earnings to qualify in current year, but will
qualify in next benefit year (July 2013);
- Has 14 or more consecutive days of unemployment or sickness.
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