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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Even benefits such as unemployment insurance have become harder to qualify for in the past half century.
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Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Thus, taxpayers are often stuck financing underperforming government programs riddled with waste and outright fraud, as was the case in the recent $30 billion scandal that afflicted the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
False statements in applications filed with the state’s unemployment insurance benefits program led the California Employment Development Department to authorize Bank of America to mail debit cards to the football players.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
One part was a temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance for people who were not eligible for other types of benefits due to their employment status.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Thus, taxpayers are often stuck financing underperforming government programs riddled with waste and outright fraud, as was the case in the recent $30 billion scandal that afflicted the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
False statements in applications filed with the state’s unemployment insurance benefits program led the California Employment Development Department to authorize Bank of America to mail debit cards to the football players.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
One part was a temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance for people who were not eligible for other types of benefits due to their employment status.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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