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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a week of total unemployment in the individual's eligibility period is an amount equal to the weekly benefit amount, including the allowance for dependents, payable to the individual during the applicable benefit year.
(b) The total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible individual with respect to the individual's applicable benefit year is the least of the following amounts:
(1) 50 percent of the total amount of regular benefits, including dependents' allowances, which were payable to the individual under this chapter in the individual's applicable benefit year;
(2) 13 times the weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, which was payable to the individual under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year; or
(3) 39 times the weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, which was payable to the individual under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year, reduced by the total amount of regular benefits which were paid or considered paid to the individual under this chapter with respect to the benefit year.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the benefit year of an individual ends within an extended benefit period, the remaining balance of extended benefits that the individual would, but for this section, be entitled to receive in the extended benefit period, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the end of the benefit year, shall be reduced by the number of weeks for which the individual received an amount as a trade readjustment allowance within the benefit year multiplied by the individual's weekly benefit amount for extended benefits. However, the extended benefits may not be reduced below zero.
(d) During a high unemployment period, as described in AS 23.20.408(i), the total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual with respect to the individual's applicable benefit year equals the lowest amount calculated under the following:
(1) 80 percent of the total amount of regular benefits, including dependents' allowances, that were payable to the individual under this chapter in the individual's applicable benefit year;
(2) 20 times the weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, that was payable to the individual under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year; or
(3) 46 times the weekly benefit amount, including dependents' allowances, that was payable to the individual under this chapter for a week of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year, reduced by the total amount of regular benefits that were paid or considered by the department to be paid to the individual under this chapter with respect to the benefit year.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alaska Statutes Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation § 23.20.407. Weekly extended benefit amount; total payable - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-23-labor-and-workers-compensation/ak-st-sect-23-20-407/
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