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Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance

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		Delaware	New Jersey	Pennsylvania
Benefits	Earnings/ Employment Needed in Base Period to Qualify	36 x WBA	20 weeks employment at 20 x state hrly min wage or 1,000 x state hrly min wage	$800 in HQ; $1,320 in BP; at least 20% of BPW outside HQ
	Computation of Weekly Benefit Amount	1/46 total wages in 2 highest quarters	60% of claimant's AWW + DA	1/23-1/25 HQW + $5 for 1 dep; $3 for 2nd dep
	Minimum and Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount	$20/$330	$61-70/$490	$35-43/$461-469
	Weekly Earnings Disregarded	Greater of $10 or 30% of WBA	Greater of 20% WBA or $5	Greater of $6 or 40% WBA
	Calculation of Number of Benefit Weeks	1/2 BPW	100% base weeks worked in base year up to 26	At least 16 credit weeks for minimum, 18 for maximum
	Number of Benefit Weeks	24-26	1/26/2005	16-26
Coverage	Size of Payroll (Length of Employment/ Wages Paid)	20 weeks or $1,500 in any quarter	$1,000 in any year	Any size
Taxes	Wages Subject to Tax	$8500	$24300	$8000
Taxes	Minimum and Maximum Rates	0.3%/8.2%	0.3%/5.4%	0.3%/9.2%

The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own (as determined under state law), and meet other eligibility requirements of state law.

Source: US Department of Labor, 2005

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