---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 302.3"
title: "20"
number: "302.3"
heading: "Qualifying conditions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/302.3"
---

# §302.3. Qualifying conditions.

- (a) **Basic requirements.** To qualify for benefits with respect to a benefit year, an employee:
  - (1) Must have earned compensation in an amount equal to at least 2.5 times the amount of the monthly compensation base during his or her base year; and
  - (2) If such employee has earned no compensation prior to such base year, he or she must have earned compensation in at least five months during his or her base year.
- (b) **Deemed service months disregarded.** For purposes of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, service months deemed under [§ 210.3](/cfr/20/210.3.md) of this chapter shall be disregarded.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 362(1).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 6966, Feb. 21, 1991, unless otherwise noted.