You can receive normal benefits for as many as 130 days (26 weeks) in a benefit year, but your benefits cannot be more than your base year wages counting not more than a prescribed amount for any month. Benefit rights are exhausted when a benefit year ends (normally June 30) or earlier if benefit payments equal base year creditable earnings.
Example:
For purposes of determining maximum normal benefits payable in the general benefit year beginning July 1, 2011, monthly earnings of up to $1,718.00 are counted for months in base year 2010. For base year 2012, the monthly compensation base for maximum benefits is $1,763.00.