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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Certain Workforce Training Components Mandatory spending elements tied to unemployment insurance include roughly $3.5 billion annually for extended benefits and training allowances, though this fluctuates significantly during economic downturns.
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Alison Griffin, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
In 2022, undocumented workers paid a total of $40 billion into three programs — Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance — that they are barred from accessing, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think tank in Washington.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Since Trump took office, nearly 4,000 workers in Washington, D.C., have filed for unemployment insurance.
—Sara Salinas,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Since Trump has taken office, nearly 4,000 workers in the city have filed for unemployment insurance as part of a surge that began at the start of the new year, according to Labor Department figures not adjusted for seasonal factors.
—Jeff Cox, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Alison Griffin, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
In 2022, undocumented workers paid a total of $40 billion into three programs — Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance — that they are barred from accessing, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think tank in Washington.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Since Trump took office, nearly 4,000 workers in Washington, D.C., have filed for unemployment insurance.
—Sara Salinas,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
Since Trump has taken office, nearly 4,000 workers in the city have filed for unemployment insurance as part of a surge that began at the start of the new year, according to Labor Department figures not adjusted for seasonal factors.
—Jeff Cox, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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