(820 ILCS 405/237) (from Ch. 48, par. 347)
Sec. 237. A. "Base period"
means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately
preceding the benefit year.
Further, any wages which had previously been used to establish a valid claim
pursuant to Section 242 and with respect to which benefits have been paid shall
not be included in the base period provided for in this subsection.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A, an individual, who has been awarded temporary
total disability under any workers' compensation act
or any occupational diseases act and does not qualify
for the maximum weekly benefit amount under Section
401 because he was unemployed and awarded temporary
total disability during the base period determined in
accordance with subsection A, shall have
his weekly benefit amount, if it is greater than the
weekly benefit amount determined in accordance with
subsection A, determined by the base period
of a benefit year which began on the date of the beginning
of the first week for which he was awarded temporary
total disability under any workers' compensation act
or occupational diseases act, provided, however, that
such base period shall not begin more than one year
prior to the individual's base period as determined
under subsection A. Further, any wages which
had previously been used to establish a valid claim
pursuant to Section 242 and with respect to which benefits
have been paid shall not be included in the base period
provided for in this subsection.
C. With respect to an individual who is ineligible to receive benefits
under this Act by reason of the provisions of Section 500E during the base
periods determined in accordance with subsections A and B, "base period" means
the last 4 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the benefit year.
This subsection shall not apply to establish any benefit year beginning prior
to January 1, 2008.
D. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, "base
period"
means the base period as defined in the unemployment compensation law of
any State under which benefits are payable to an individual on the basis of
a combination of his wages pursuant to an arrangement described in Section
2700 F.
(Source: P.A. 93-634, eff. 1-1-04.)
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