Section 2720.108  Alternative "Base Period"

a)         Section 237 of the Act provides a definition of the term "base period". That Section also provides that, where an individual does not qualify for the maximum weekly benefit amount provided under Section 401 of the Act because he had insufficient wages during his base period as a result of being unemployed and when he was awarded temporary total disability during the period under any workers' compensation or occupational diseases act, he shall be entitled to have his weekly benefit amount computed using an alternative base period, as described in this Section of the Act.

b)         For the purpose of determining the applicability of the alternative base period described in Section 237, "awarded" temporary total disability shall not be limited to awards made by the Illinois Industrial Commission or similar agencies in other states but shall include settlements and voluntary payments by employing units or their insurers.

(Source:  Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 2556, effective January 30, 1992)