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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Case in point: Undocumented immigrants don't qualify for unemployment insurance in Washington state.
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
If you were approved for unemployment insurance payments but have not received them, they may have been misdirected to another address.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Federal labor statisticians stopped using the state’s employment data in November following quality concerns tied to the state’s modernization of its unemployment insurance system in the third quarter of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
Funding for small business loans and grants, and additional weekly unemployment insurance payments, were also included during this endeavor.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
If you were approved for unemployment insurance payments but have not received them, they may have been misdirected to another address.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Federal labor statisticians stopped using the state’s employment data in November following quality concerns tied to the state’s modernization of its unemployment insurance system in the third quarter of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
Funding for small business loans and grants, and additional weekly unemployment insurance payments, were also included during this endeavor.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 11 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 28 Mar. 2025.
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