When you file an initial unemployment claim, you begin your benefit year. Your benefit year is a 52-week period during which you can draw a set amount of benefits before exhausting them. You may file as many claims/weekly certifications as necessary within your benefit year. However, once you have spent your maximum benefit amount, you will not be able to draw unemployment until after your benefit year has ended and you have filed a new claim and begun a new benefit year.
What is an Unemployment Benefit Year?
