unemployment insurance
noun
: social insurance against involuntary unemployment that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to unemployed workers
also
: unemployment compensation
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Jobless claims First-time applications for unemployment insurance – a gauge of layoffs – rose by 6,000 the week ending April 19 but remained historically low at 222,000.
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
From February 2013 to July 2016, the defendants, along with their co-conspirators, stole more than $1.1 million in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2025
But the Court’s decision is unlikely to be limited to the Catholic Church, meaning that workers at religious organizations that do not offer unemployment insurance could lose that benefit altogether.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025
Each state manages its own unemployment insurance program and pays its own benefits.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
From February 2013 to July 2016, the defendants, along with their co-conspirators, stole more than $1.1 million in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2025
But the Court’s decision is unlikely to be limited to the Catholic Church, meaning that workers at religious organizations that do not offer unemployment insurance could lose that benefit altogether.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025
Each state manages its own unemployment insurance program and pays its own benefits.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unemployment insurance
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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