ILLINOIS U.I. ACT Section 401
A-24 (12/11)
(Source: P.A. 85-956.)
Sec. 400. Payment of benefits
All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, as hereinafter provided, in accordance with such regulations as
the Director may prescribe.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 32.)
Sec. 401. Weekly Benefit Amount - Dependents' Allowances
A. With respect to any week beginning prior to April 24, 1983, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be an
amount equal to the weekly benefit amount as defined in this Act as in effect on November 30, 1982.
B. 1. With respect to any week beginning on or after April 24, 1983 and before January 3, 1988, an individual's weekly
benefit amount shall be 48% of his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar)
to the next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit amount cannot exceed the maximum
weekly benefit amount, and cannot be less than 15% of the statewide average weekly wage, rounded (if not
already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar. However, the weekly benefit amount for an individual
who has established a benefit year beginning before April 24, 1983, shall be determined, for weeks beginning
on or after April 24, 1983 claimed with respect to that benefit year, as provided under this Act as in effect on
November 30, 1982. With respect to any week beginning on or after January 3, 1988 and before January 1,
1993, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be 49% of his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not
already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit amount
cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount, and cannot be less than $51. With respect to any week
beginning on or after January 3, 1993 and during a benefit year beginning before January 4, 2004, an
individual's weekly benefit amount shall be 49.5% of his prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a
multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit amount cannot
exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount and cannot be less than $51. With respect to any benefit year
beginning on or after January 4, 2004 and before January 6, 2008, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall
be 48% of his or her prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next
higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit amount cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit
amount and cannot be less than $51. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, with respect to any benefit
year beginning on or after January 6, 2008, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be 47% of his or her
prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar; provided,
however, that the weekly benefit amount cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount and cannot be
less than $51. With respect to any benefit year beginning in calendar year 2016, an individual's weekly benefit
amount shall be 42.8% of his or her prior average weekly wage, rounded (if not already a multiple of one dollar)
to the next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit amount cannot exceed the maximum
weekly benefit amount and cannot be less than $51. With respect to any benefit year beginning in calendar year
2018, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be 42.9% of his or her prior average weekly wage, rounded
(if not already a multiple of one dollar) to the next higher dollar; provided, however, that the weekly benefit
amount cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount and cannot be less than $51.
2. For the purposes of this subsection:
With respect to any week beginning on or after April 24, 1983, an individual's "prior average weekly wage"
means the total wages for insured work paid to that individual during the 2 calendar quarters of his base period
in which such total wages were highest, divided by 26. If the quotient is not already a multiple of one dollar, it
shall be rounded to the nearest dollar; however if the quotient is equally near 2 multiples of one dollar, it shall
be rounded to the higher multiple of one dollar.
"Determination date" means June 1, 1982, December 1, 1982 and December 1 of each succeeding calendar year
thereafter. However, if as of June 30, 1982, or any June 30 thereafter, the net amount standing to the credit of
this State's account in the unemployment trust fund (less all outstanding advances to that account, including
advances pursuant to Title XII of the federal Social Security Act) is greater than $100,000,000, "determination
date" shall mean December 1 of that year and June 1 of the succeeding year. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, for the purposes of this Act only, there shall be no June 1 determination date in any year after 1986.
