Florida Unemployment Insurance
Any citizen who is at the moment partially or fully unemployed is allowed to file a claim for Florida unemployment insurance. There are two determinations that must be established vis-à-vis a claim, the first being related to whether or not an individual has enough work and wages to successfully make a claim, the second being related to the manner in which the potential claimant lost his or her last job. The reason for separation from the last gainful employment is a very important factor in trying to ascertain eligibility for benefits. Only after the claim has been properly filed and the claimant has been certified for a period of unemployment will the second determination be made by the authorities. After this, the procedure for obtaining Florida unemployment insurance becomes far more straightforward and easy to pursue for both the authorities and the potential individual claimant.
Eligibility for Florida unemployment insurance is worked out very precisely according to Florida Statutes Chapter 443. The information related to FS Chapter 443 can be found on the www.leg.state.fl.us website.
An individual seeking Florida unemployment insurance must have worked and earned a salary over the first four quarters of the prior five quarters preceding the filing of their claim. This chronological period is called the “base period.” This period changes every 84 days at the start of each new quarter, which starts in January, April, July, and October. To qualify financially, an individual must have total base period earnings of a minimum of 1 to ½ times the earnings in the quarter in which the highest earnings were gained, have been paid a salary in at least two calendar quarters over the extent of the base period, and have earned at least $3,400 total wages over the base period.