CODE OF VIRGINIA

BASE PERIOD (§ 60.2-204)

“Base period” means the first four of the last five completed
calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the claimant’s
benefit year; however, if the claimant has earned insufficient wages in the
first four of the last five completed calendar quarters to become eligible for
benefits, then such claimant’s “base period” shall be the four
most recent completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of
the claimant’s benefit year.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 60-6.1; 1956, c. 440; 1968, c. 738, § 60.1-6; 1974, c.
466; 1986, c. 480; 2003, c. 383.