§ 23:1592 — Weekly benefit amount

Louisiana § 23:1592

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 23: Labor and Workers' Compensation

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§1592. Weekly benefit amount
A. Whenever a claimant's base period wages for insured work is not less than one
thousand two hundred dollars, his weekly benefit amount shall be one twenty-fifth of the
average of his total wages for insured work paid during the four quarters of his base period.
This amount, if not a multiple of one dollar, shall be computed to the next lowest multiple
of one dollar.
B. The weekly benefit amount paid under this Section shall be in accordance with
R.S. 23:1474, but in no event shall be more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent of this
state's average weekly wage as computed by the administrator as of the immediately
preceding March thirty-first; for purposes of this Section the average weekly wage computed
for any March thirty-first shall not apply to benefit years which begin prior to the September
first immediately following such March thirty-first.
C. The weekly benefit amount paid under this Section to unemployed individuals
filing a new claim for benefits on and after the first Monday of January, 1988, shall be
discounted by seven percent.
D. The weekly benefit amount paid under this Section to unemployed individuals
filing a new claim for benefits on and after the first Monday of January, 1989, shall be further
discounted by five percent.
E. In no event shall the weekly amount paid under this Section be more than three
hundred twelve dollars.
F. The weekly benefit amount pursuant to this Section to unemployed individuals
filing a new claim for benefits may be modified in accordance with the provisions in R.S.
23:1474. In no event shall the weekly amount paid pursuant to this Section be more than
as designated in R.S. 23:1474 nor less than thirty-five dollars.
G. For any payment of benefits an individual claimant may elect to deduct and
withhold federal income tax from such payable benefits, in accordance with a manner
prescribed under federal law and under a program approved by the secretary of the United
States Department of Labor. Any such deduction and withholding shall be applied by an
amount equal to the amount allowable under federal law.
H. Any benefits payable to an individual based upon service in the employ of an
Indian tribe or Indian tribal unit shall be payable in the same amount and subject to the same
terms and conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other employment subject under this
Chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1988, No. 192, §1, eff. July 3, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 42, §2, eff. June 6, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 100, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1053, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 197, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, eff. Mar. 27, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 860, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 169, §1, eff. June 12, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 349, §1; Acts 2021, No. 276, §1, see Act; Acts 2022, No. 330, §1.