Section 8 Weekly Benefit Amount

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

A claimant’s weekly benefit amount is 4% of the total wages paid for insured work in the highest quarter of the base period up to the maximum set by statute. Section 288.038, RSMo Supp. 2007. The maximum in 2007 was $280; in 2008, it is $320. Id. For initial claims...