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The key thing to remember is that your benefit year and your 26 weeks are two separate limits. You can't collect more than 26 weeks of benefits, and you can't collect benefits outside your benefit year, whichever comes first.
So if my benefit year ends before I use all 26 weeks, I lose the remaining weeks?
Exactly. You can't carry unused weeks over to a new benefit year.
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Document everything from now on - every phone call, every letter, every conversation. If this goes to a hearing you'll want to have a timeline of everything that happened.
Good advice. I'll start keeping a log of everything.
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Hope this thread helped answer your question about benefit amounts. The main thing to remember is it's roughly 50% of your average weekly wage up to the maximum, calculated from your base year earnings.
Yes, this was exactly what I needed to know. Really appreciate everyone taking the time to explain everything.
Happy to help. Good luck with whatever situation you're facing!
Feel free to ask if you have any other questions about the unemployment process. This community is pretty good about sharing knowledge and experiences.
Will do! It's nice to know there are people willing to help navigate all this stuff.
That's what these forums are for. We've all been there at some point.
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The $1,000 minimum seems pretty low honestly. Is that really all you need?
It's the minimum to qualify, but your benefit amount is based on your total wages during the base period. Higher wages = higher weekly benefit amount.
Ah ok that makes sense. So you'd still want to have worked more to get decent payments.
This thread has been super helpful! I was worried I hadn't worked long enough at my current job but sounds like my combined wages from this year should put me over the minimum requirement.
Same here! Really glad I asked about this.
Always good to understand these requirements before you actually need to file.
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Aria Park
Bottom line - apply if you think you might qualify. Worst case they say no. Best case you get some income while job hunting. The weekly benefit amount calculator on their website should give you a rough idea of what to expect.
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Ravi Sharma
•Thanks everyone! This has been super helpful. I'm going to apply this week and see what happens.
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