unemployment insurance

noun

: social insurance against involuntary unemployment that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to unemployed workers

Examples of unemployment insurance in a Sentence

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Michigan has been lagging behind other Midwest states that offer better unemployment insurance. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024 Using unemployment insurance tax records, the BLS revised previous figures by 818,000 jobs. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 The Tax Foundation includes five major taxes in its index: corporate tax, individual income tax, sales tax, property tax, and unemployment insurance tax. Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 That's about 124 people out of every 100,000 in the Wisconsin labor force filing for unemployment insurance, according to WalletHub. Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unemployment insurance 

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unemployment insurance was in 1923

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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

unemployment insurance

noun
: a social insurance program that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to involuntarily unemployed workers

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