(a) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during any benefit year, beginning on or after July 3, 1983, to a total amount of benefits equal to whichever is the lesser of 14 times his or her weekly benefit amount, if the state‘s average unemployment rate is at or below 6.5 percent, with an additional weekly benefit amount added for each 0.5 percent increase in the state’s average unemployment rate above 6.5 percent up to a maximum of 20 times his or her weekly benefit amount if the state’s average unemployment rate equals or exceeds 9.5 percent, and one fourth of the wages paid to him or her for insured work during his or her base period; provided, that such total amounts of benefits, if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1).
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-4-74

  • Base period: as used in this chapter , means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual benefit year. See Alabama Code 25-4-1
  • Benefit year: as used in this chapter with respect to any individual, means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which an individual who is unemployed first files a valid claim for benefits or a claim is filed by an employer on behalf of an employee working less than full time, and thereafter the one-year period beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which such individual next files a valid claim for benefits or such claim is filed by an employer on behalf of an employee working less than full time, after the termination of his last preceding benefit year. See Alabama Code 25-4-3
  • Benefits: as used in this chapter , means the money payable to an individual with respect to his unemployment as provided in this chapter. See Alabama Code 25-4-2
  • Calendar quarter: as used in this chapter , means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, except as the secretary shall by regulation otherwise prescribe. See Alabama Code 25-4-4
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Insured work: as used in this chapter , means "employment" for "employers. See Alabama Code 25-4-13
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Secretary: as used in this chapter , means the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representatives; except, that during any interim in which there is no duly appointed and qualified Secretary of Labor, the same shall mean the Director of Unemployment Compensation, provided for in Section 25-2-3. See Alabama Code 25-4-6
  • State: as used in this chapter , includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada. See Alabama Code 25-4-14
  • wages: as used in this chapter , shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. See Alabama Code 25-4-16
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) For the purpose of this article, wages shall be counted as “wages for insured work” with respect to any benefit year only if such wages were paid in the base period immediately preceding such benefit year; except, that any lump sum payment of wages in lieu of notice, dismissal, or severance allowance or “back pay” award shall be prorated over the period or periods with respect to which such payment is made and treated as though it had been paid in such period or periods.
(c) In determining an individual’s benefit rights, remuneration payable but unpaid to such individual, to the extent that rules adopted by the secretary prescribe, shall be deemed to be “wages paid” to such individual.
(d) As used in this section, the term “state’s average unemployment rate” means the average of the three months for the most recent third calendar quarter of the seasonably adjusted statewide unemployment rate as published by the Alabama Department of Labor.
(e) For benefit years beginning before July 3, 1983, any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled to a total amount of benefits as was provided in this section before that date.
(f) Any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled during the current benefit year to an additional five weeks after all regular benefits have exhausted under subsection (a), and who is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a job training or certification program approved by the Alabama Department of Labor. Each approved training program shall prepare individuals for entry into a high wage, high demand occupation.

(1) The amount of benefits payable under this subsection shall equal the weekly benefit amount established by the most recent benefit year.
(2) The compensation is not required to be paid to an individual who is receiving similar benefits or other training allowances from other unrelated sources.
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