Gluck v. Employment Security Department

— This case involves eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits. Some background is necessary to put the precise issue in context. A worker’s unemployment compensation benefits depend on his earnings in covered employment during a period of time called the “base year.” The duration of his benefits is known as his “benefit year.” Before the 1970 amendments to the Employment Security Act (Laws of 1970, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 2), a worker could exhaust benefits for one benefit year, and without intervening employment, be entitled to a second year of benefits.

To remedy this situation,…