unemplogo.jpg (50480 bytes) The Division of Unemployment Insurance serves workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own by providing temporary income maintenance during their period of unemployment and making referrals to re-employment services.

The Division also serves employers by ensuring that only those unemployed individuals meeting all eligibility criteria receive UI benefits, thereby protecting future increases in employer tax rates and the solvency of Delaware’s UI Trust Fund.

BASE PERIOD

Your Base Period is the 1st four of the last five completed calendar quarters.

ILLUSTRATION OF BASE PERIOD

THE SHADED CALENDAR QUARTERS REPRESENT

YOUR BASE PERIOD

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   Your Base Period is the shaded area that corresponds to the month your claim is filed in this year

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