1993 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 23 LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 23.20 ALASKA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT
Section 23.20.350 AMOUNT OF BENEFITS.

(a) An individual who is paid at least $1,000 in wages during the individual's base period for employment covered by this chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the individual's base period.

(b) Repealed, Sec. 33 ch 115 SLA 1982.

(c) For the purpose of computing the benefits payable under this chapter, the base period wages of an insured worker shall be determined as follows:

(1) if the insured worker is paid 90 percent or more of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid in the quarters of the base period other than the one in which the greatest amount of wages were paid, multiplied by 10; and

(2) if the insured worker is paid less than 90 percent of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid to the worker during the base period.

(d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages determined under (c) of this section:

(A) (B)

Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit Amount

At least But less than

0 1,000 $ 0

1,000 1,250 44

1,250 1,500 46

1,500 1,750 48

1,750 2,000 50

2,000 2,250 52

2,250 2,500 54

2,500 2,750 56

2,750 3,000 58

3,000 3,250 60

3,250 3,500 62

3,500 3,750 64

3,750 4,000 66

4,000 4,250 68

4,250 4,500 70

4,500 4,750 72

4,750 5,000 74

5,000 5,250 76

5,250 5,500 78

5,500 5,750 80

5,750 6,000 82

6,000 6,250 84

6,250 6,500 86

6,500 6,750 88

6,750 7,000 90

7,000 7,250 92

7,250 7,500 94

7,500 7,750 96

7,750 8,000 98

8,000 8,250 100

8,250 8,500 102

8,500 8,750 104

8,750 9,000 106

9,000 9,250 108

9,250 9,500 110

9,500 9,750 112

9,750 10,000 114

10,000 10,250 116

10,250 10,500 118

10,500 10,750 120

10,750 11,000 122

11,000 11,250 124

11,250 11,500 126

11,500 11,750 128

11,750 12,000 130

12,000 12,250 132

12,250 12,500 134

12,500 12,750 136

12,750 13,000 138

13,000 13,250 140

13,250 13,500 142

13,500 13,750 144

13,750 14,000 146

14,000 14,250 148

14,250 14,500 150

14,500 14,750 152

14,750 15,000 154

15,000 15,250 156

15,250 15,500 158

15,500 15,750 160

15,750 16,000 162

16,000 16,250 164

16,250 16,500 166

16,500 16,750 168

16,750 17,000 170

17,000 17,250 172

17,250 17,500 174

17,500 17,750 176

17,750 18,000 178

18,000 18,250 180

18,250 18,500 182

18,500 18,750 184

18,750 19,000 186

19,000 19,250 188

19,250 19,500 190

19,500 19,750 192

19,750 20,000 194

20,000 20,250 196

20,250 20,500 198

20,500 20,750 200

20,750 21,000 202

21,000 21,250 204

21,250 21,500 206

21,500 21,750 208

21,750 22,000 210

22,000 22,250 212

22,250 212

(e) An individual who is eligible under (d) of this section is entitled to receive a weekly benefit under this chapter for the number of weeks set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection opposite the applicable earnings ratio of the individual set out in column (A):

(A) (B)

Earnings Ratio Number of Weeks

less than 1.50 16

1.50-1.99 18

2.00-2.49 20

2.50-2.99 22

3.00-3.49 24

3.50 or more 26

(f) An individual who establishes a benefit year is eligible for an allowance for dependents in addition to the individual's weekly benefit amount. The department may require an individual claiming or receiving an allowance for dependents to produce income tax returns, birth certificates, notices of adoption or custody, social security account number of spouse, verification of support documents, or other information necessary to verify that the allowance is payable to the individual. The allowance for dependents

(1) is $24 per week for each dependent, except that the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not exceed $72 for each week of unemployment;

(2) is payable beginning with the week during the benefit year in which the individual claims an allowance for the dependent and is payable for the remainder of the individual's eligibility for regular, extended, or supplemental payments during the benefit year;

(3) may not be claimed for a new dependent after the end of the benefit year or after the exhaustion of regular benefits in the benefit year;

(4) Repealed, Sec. 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.

(5) Repealed, Sec. 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.

(g) In this section,

(1) "dependent" means an individual's

(A) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward under 18 years of age who is

(i) lawfully in the individual's physical custody at the time the individual claims the allowance for dependents; or

(ii) dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support;

(B) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward of any age who is dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support and who is prevented by infirmity from engaging in a gainful occupation;

(2) "earnings ratio" means the ratio obtained by dividing the total base period wages of the insured worker by the wages paid in the quarter of the base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages.