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Unemployment Insurance - Base Period - South Carolina

Unemployment Insurance benefits are based on wages paid for insured work in a one-year period called a "base period." The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters that are prior to the initial claim.

Only wages earned with an employer who is covered by the state Employment Security Law may be counted as base period wages. The law does not cover some farm labor, some domestic service in private homes, and a few other types of employment.

Your base period is controlled by the effective date of your claim, not by the date you become unemployed. For example, if your claim is effective during the first three months (the first quarter) of the year, then your base period is the first three quarters in last year plus the last quarter of the previous year. This is true even if your claim is effective on March 31, the last day of the quarter. If your claim is effective during the period April 1 through June 30, your base period is the four quarters of the prior year.

Additional Information

For an example chart defining the method for calculating the base period for Unemployment Insurance see:
http://www.sces.org/ui/claimant/IDBook/baseperiod.htm

Also see:

Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility Requirements

Unemployment Insurance - Benefit Year

Unemployment Insurance - Overview

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