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The calculator below estimates the maximum number of weeks a claimant could potentially receive based on the effective date of the Original Claim (OC)*, AND provided that:
they have been claiming full weeks of benefits since the beginning of their claim and
there are no breaks in their claim
Invalid OC date, please select your OC date
Total number of weeks of benefits you may be entitled to (not including your unpaid waiting week) :
*OC effective date entered:
*OC effective date before May 1, 2006
26 weeks of regular UI
*OC effective between May 1, 2006 - Sept 8, 2008
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
20 weeks of EB
14 weeks of EUC-Tier 3
(13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2) 6 Weeks of EUC - Tier 4
99 weeks total
*OC effective between Sept 15, 2008 - Jan 5, 2009
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
20 weeks of EB
14 weeks of EUC-Tier 3
(13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2) 6 Weeks of EUC - Tier 4
99 weeks total
*OC effective between Jan. 12, 2009 - March 16, 2009
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
14 weeks of EUC
(13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
6 Weeks of EUC - Tier 4
10-19 weeks of EB (based on OC date)
89-98 weeks total
*OC effective date March. 23, 2009 - June. 29, 2009
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
14 weeks of EUC
(13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
1-15 weeks of EB (based on OC date)
74-88 weeks total
*OC effective date July 6, 2009 - Oct. 5, 2009
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
14 weeks of EUC
(13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
73 weeks total
*OC effective date Oct. 12, 2009 – Jan. 4, 2010
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC - Tier 1
14 weeks of EUC - Tier 2
60 weeks total
*OC effective date Jan. 11, 2010 – May. 17, 2010
26 weeks of regular UI
20 weeks of EUC - Tier 1
46 weeks total
*OC effective date May 24, 2009 and later:
26 weeks of regular UI
* An Original Claim’s (OC) effective date is the Monday of the week in which the claim is filed.
UI = Regular Unemployment Insurance Benefits
EUC = Emergency Unemployment Compensation
EB = Extended Benefits
To see a chart of additional benefit weeks, click here.
