EXTENDED BASE PERIOD.

If an individual lacks sufficient base period wages because of a job-related injury for which the individual received total temporary disability payments awarded by the Workers' Compensation Court, upon written application by the claimant, an extended base period will be substituted for the current base period on a quarter-by-quarter basis as needed to establish a valid claim. Benefits paid on the basis of an extended base period, which would not otherwise be payable, shall be noncharged.