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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Michigan has been lagging behind other Midwest states that offer better unemployment insurance.
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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
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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
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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