§ 40-1-202.1. Extended Base Period.

EXTENDED BASE PERIOD.

If an individual lacks sufficient base period wages because of a job-related injury for which the individual received total temporary disability payments awarded by the Workers' Compensation Court, upon written application by the claimant, an extended base period will be substituted for the current base period on a quarter-by-quarter basis as needed to establish a valid claim.  "Extended base period" means the four quarters prior to the claimant's base period.  These four quarters may be substituted for base period quarters on a quarter-by-quarter basis to establish a valid claim regardless of whether the wages have been used to establish a prior claim, except any wages earned that would render the Commission out of compliance with applicable federal law will be excluded if used in a prior claim.  Benefits paid on the basis of an extended base period, which would not otherwise be payable, shall be noncharged.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 30, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.  Renumbered from § 1-202A of this title by Laws 2006, c. 176, § 29, eff. July 1, 2006.