{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-341.380","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 341.380","heading":"Benefits, how paid -- Calculation of amount -- Increase in maximum","body":"weekly benefit rate.\n(1) All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, or such other agencies as\nmay be designated by regulations of the secretary. Claims for all pay ments of\nbenefits shall be made in accordance with regulations of the secretary.\n(2) The weekly benefit rate payable to an eligible worker for weeks of unemployment\nshall, except as provided in KRS 341.390, be an amount equal to one and three\nthousand seventy-eight ten-thousandths percent (1.3078%) of his or her total base -\nperiod wages, except that no worker's weekly benefit amount shall be less than\nthirty-nine dollars ($39), nor more than the maximum rate as determined in\naccordance with subsection (3) of  this section. For claims effective on or after\nJanuary 1, 2012, the weekly benefit rate shall, except as provided in KRS 341.390,\nbe one and one thousand nine hundred twenty -three ten -thousandths percent\n(1.1923%) of his or her total base -period wages, ex cept that no worker's weekly\nbenefit amount shall be less than thirty -nine dollars ($39) nor more than the\nmaximum rate as determined in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.\n(3) Prior to the first day of July of each year the secretary shall det ermine the average\nweekly wage for insured employment by dividing the average monthly\nemployment, as obtained by dividing the total monthly employment reported by\nsubject employers for the preceding calendar year by twelve (12), into the total\nwages reported by such employers for such calendar year and dividing by fifty -two\n(52). Fifty-five percent (55%) of the amount thus obtained, adjusted to the nearest\nmultiple of one dollar ($1), shall constitute the maximum weekly benefit rate for\nthose workers whose benefit year commences on or after the first day of July of\nsuch year and prior to the first day of July of the next following year; beginning in\ncalendar year 1999, or any subsequent year in which the increase in the weekly\nbenefit rate calculation set fo rth in subsection (2) of this section should take effect,\nsixty-two percent (62%) of the average weekly wage, adjusted to the nearest\nmultiple of one dollar ($1), shall constitute the maximum weekly benefit rate for\nthose workers whose benefit year commences on or after the first day of July of that\nyear and prior to the first day of July of the next following year; except that for the\nbenefit years beginning on or after July 1, 1982, if the \"trust fund balance\" as of\nSeptember 30 immediately preceding the benefit year is less than one hundred\ntwenty million dollars ($120,000,000), the maximum weekly benefit rate shall not\nexceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate. If such \"trust fund balance\"\nas of September 30 immediately preceding the benefit year:\n(a) Equals or exceeds one hundred twenty million dollars ($120,000,000), but is\nless than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000), the maximum weekly\nbenefit rate shall not exceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate by\nmore than six percent  (6%). The rate thus determined shall be adjusted to the\nnearest multiple of one dollar ($1);\n(b) Equals or exceeds two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000), but is less than\nthree hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), the maximum weekly benefit\nrate shall not exceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate by more\nthan eight percent (8%). The rate thus determined shall be adjusted to the\nnearest multiple of one dollar ($1);\n(c) Equals or exceeds three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), but is less\nthan four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000), the maximum weekly\nbenefit rate shall not exceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate by\nmore than ten percent (10%). The rate thus determined shall be adjusted to the\nnearest multiple of one dollar ($1);\n(d) Equals or exceeds four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000), but is less\nthan five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), the maximum weekly\nbenefit rate shall not exceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate by\nmore than twelve percent (12%). The rate thus determined shall be adjusted to\nthe nearest multiple of one dollar ($1);\n(e) Equals or exceeds five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), the maximum\nweekly benefit rate shall not exceed the prior year's maximum weekly benefit\nrate by more than fifteen percent (15%). The rate thus determined shall be\nadjusted to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1); and\n(f) Is such that it resulted in the establishment of an employer contribution rate\nschedule, as provided for in KRS 341.270, for the current calendar year which\nhas a higher minimum rate than the schedule in effect for the immediately\npreceding calendar year, the maximum weekly benefit rate shall not exceed\nthe prior year's maximum weekly benefit rate.\n(4) The maximum amount o f benefits payable to any worker within any benefit year\nshall be the amount equal to whichever is the lesser of:\n(a) His or her weekly benefit rate times the applicable number of weeks for which\nbenefits are available to him or her as calculated in KRS 341.385; or\n(b) One-third (1/3) of his or her base -period wages, except that no worker's\nmaximum amount shall be less th an twelve (12) times his or her weekly\nbenefit rate. Such maximum amount, if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall\nbe adjusted to the nearest multiple of one dollar ($1).","path":["KRS Chapter 341"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53243","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:29Z","sha256":"dbe5bbd9cad435288d8d1aaa05a093d1d55b0bee64f518e707a734e4efcd2801","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-341.375","next":"us-ky/krs-341.385"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}