§ 520. Base period. A claimant's "base period" is one of the\nfollowing:\n 1. For the purpose of subdivision one of section five hundred\ntwenty-seven of this article, the term base period shall mean the first\nfour of the last five completed calendar quarters ending with the week\nimmediately preceding the filing of a valid original claim.\n 2. For the purpose of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section\nfive hundred twenty-seven of this article, the term base period shall\nmean the last four completed calendar quarters ending with the week\nimmediately preceding the filing of a valid original claim.\n
N.Y. Lab. Law § 520
Base period
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Matter of Kelly (Commr. of Labor) (2016)
Most recently applied in Matter of Restrepo (Commissioner of Labor) (July 2023)
2014-09-22
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