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Informational Conference Program |
| Unemployment
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| How Much Do
I Get? - Slide 3 |

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How Much
Do I Get?
- Most claimants receive $64 per day
- Generally for 2-week period
- Unemployment benefits $640
- Sickness benefits resulting from on-the-job injury $640
- Other sickness benefits reduced to $591.04 for tier I tax for first 6
months
Notes:
- Up to a total of $8,320 of normal benefits payable in benefit year but no
more than base-year earnings, counting earnings up to $1,653 per month in
calendar year 2008.
- First 6 months of sickness benefits not resulting from on-the-job injuries
credited as tier I compensation but not as service months.
- $640 biweekly sickness payment subject to tier I tax of 7.65%.
Maximum net payment is $591.04
$640.00
- 48.96 (7.65%)
$591.04
- These payments are reported on the BA-6 form as miscellaneous
compensation.
- Daily benefit rate increases to $66 in benefit year beginning July 2010.
- Current projections estimate daily benefit rate will increase in annual
increments to $87 by 2019.
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