{"id":1984,"date":"2011-11-16T10:24:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:24:30","slug":"calculating-idaho-unemployment-insurance-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2011\/11\/16\/calculating-idaho-unemployment-insurance-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculating Idaho Unemployment Insurance Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2015\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 250px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/11\/UnemploymentOffice_Forwardstl_Flickr.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2015\" title=\"UnemploymentOffice_Forwardstl_Flickr\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/11\/UnemploymentOffice_Forwardstl_Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/11\/UnemploymentOffice_Forwardstl_Flickr.jpg 250w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2011\/11\/UnemploymentOffice_Forwardstl_Flickr-220x212.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Forwardstl \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Laid-off workers in Idaho can collect up to 26 weeks of state unemployment insurance benefits.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some of the requirements needed in order to qualify for receiving benefit payments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be totally or partially unemployed through no fault of your own (if you&#8217;re fired or quit, you can&#8217;t qualify for benefits).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish monetary entitlement to benefits by having sufficient earnings in the <a href=\"http:\/\/labor.idaho.gov\/LinkClick.aspx?link=705&amp;tabid=701\">base period<\/a>: You must have worked and been paid wages for employment in at least two of the quarters in your base period.\u00a0 You must have been paid at least $1,872 in wages in one of those quarters. The total wages paid\u00a0in your base period must equal one and a quarter times your highest quarter wages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be available for full-time work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be able to perform full-time work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be willing to actively seek full-time work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Benefit payments to unemployed Idahoans vary based on salary and years in the workforce.\u00a0 The Department of Labor uses two calculations to determine the benefit amount and the duration of the benefit.\u00a0 It&#8217;s different for every person.\u00a0 The minimum benefit is $72 per week for\u00a0ten weeks.\u00a0 The maximum benefit is $336 per week for 26 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laid-off workers in Idaho can collect up to 26 weeks of state unemployment insurance benefits.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some of the requirements needed in order to qualify for receiving benefit payments: You must be totally or partially unemployed through no fault of your own (if you&#8217;re fired or quit, you can&#8217;t qualify for benefits). Be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[105,74,108],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2018,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}