TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 51. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Part 21. Benefit Eligibility

Qualifying Wages

39-51-2105. Qualifying wages. To qualify for benefits, an individual must have been paid total wages for employment in the base period in an amount:

(1) not less than 1 1/2 times the wages earned in the calendar quarter in which wages were the highest during the base period; however, the total wages in the base period must be equal to or greater than 7% of the average annual wage described in 39-51-2201; or

(2) equal to or greater than 50% of the average annual wage described in 39-51-2201.

History: En. Sec. 3 (a), (b), (c), Ch. 137, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 137, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 164, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 238, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 140, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 269, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, Ex. L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 169, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 394, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 528, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 87-103(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 688, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 153, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 234, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 485, L. 1991.