Unemployment amount determined by state
My wife’s company, where she has worked for 13 years, has informed its employees they must take a temporary 20 per cent pay cut. If she eventually is laid off, will her unemployment be based on her new salary?
STATE laws determine the qualifying requirements for benefit amounts. According to the US Department of Labour, “The states have developed diverse and complex formulas for determining workers’ benefit rights.” That said, each state determines a past time period, called the base period. The benefits depend on the time worked in a past time period. Because your wife doesn’t know the length of time for the temporary wage reduction, she may want to start a job search or realistically viewing the job availability in her field.
– Creators News Service
