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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If you were approved for unemployment insurance payments but have not received them, they may have been misdirected to another address.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The most spectacular example of mismanagement is the state’s Employment Development Department’s attempt to distribute billions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits to those who lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
There were 241,000 initial claims for unemployment insurance filed during the week ended April 26, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
To measure the jobs picture on a more real-time basis, the Conference Board tracks average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance, which were slightly negative as of February.
—Russ Wiles, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The most spectacular example of mismanagement is the state’s Employment Development Department’s attempt to distribute billions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits to those who lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
There were 241,000 initial claims for unemployment insurance filed during the week ended April 26, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
To measure the jobs picture on a more real-time basis, the Conference Board tracks average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance, which were slightly negative as of February.
—Russ Wiles, USA Today, 24 Apr. 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 20 Jun. 2025.
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