How to Use unemployment insurance in a Sentence

unemployment insurance

noun

• Instead, the money was used for state jobless claims that should have been paid from the unemployment insurance trust fund.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
• The first phase of the state’s new online system for handling unemployment insurance claims is slated to go live on Sept. 12.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• With the end of the pandemic, unemployment insurance is also no longer available for him.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• That’s in line with the weekly reports of initial claims for unemployment insurance, which have remained near record lows.
  — Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• And more than half of unemployment insurance during the pandemic was disbursed to the bottom two-fifths of income groups.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 19 Jan. 2022
• Initial jobless claims, which measures the number of people who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time last week, are due out at 8:30 a.m.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
• The number of people claiming unemployment insurance as a share of the population was the lowest on record in 2019.
  — Tomas J. Philipson, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
• As adults, men who had been in the treatment group were more likely to be married, earned some 20% more a year and were 40% less likely to rely on welfare or unemployment insurance.
  — Susan Pinker, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Claims for unemployment insurance started growing faster in the first half of July.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2022
• That’s where unemployment insurance is supposed to come in, as a short-term safety net to ensure that losing your job doesn’t mean losing your home.
  — Mario Cilento, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
• As expected, the bill spends $7.2 billion, or 44% of the money, to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
• Another study backs up the notion that a small portion of those on unemployment insurance are not looking for work due to the benefits.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
• Lazarre then filed for unemployment insurance in the victim’s name, getting a KeyBank debit card sent to him by the Department of Labor, the feds allege.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
• While initial claims for unemployment insurance continue to register in the millions each week, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
  — Alex Rees, Time, 9 Aug. 2021
• Lazarre filed for unemployment insurance in the victim’s name, getting a KeyBank debit card sent to him by the Department of Labor.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 July 2024
• That’s likely to slow or reverse the trend identified in this paper, and one reason fixing the unemployment insurance system is a good idea.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
• That some things, like all of the paperwork that people have to do to access unemployment insurance or food stamps, actually has to be streamlined.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• The saga of a group of Michigan residents falsely accused of unemployment insurance fraud nearly a decade ago has finally come to a close.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
• But the final package did not address a remaining $1.8 billion debt in the state’s unemployment insurance fund caused by the pandemic.
  — Clare Spaulding, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
• The program was meant to pay people not usually covered by unemployment insurance, such as gig workers or the self-employed.
  — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2022
• Masterson also has brushed aside concerns the rule changes would lead to a rush of unemployment claims could drain the state’s unemployment insurance fund and weigh on businesses.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• Adrienne Roberts The saga of a group of Michigan residents falsely accused of unemployment insurance fraud nearly a decade ago has finally come to a close.
  — Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
• Why choose to work when unemployment insurance, with an additional $300/week, allows employees to make more by not putting their lives at risk?
  — Jordan Ekers, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Pandemic unemployment insurance benefits may be keeping some from returning to these types of jobs in the short term (though the extent of this is still unclear).
  — Aaron N. Colby, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Before returning back and leaving the temporary comfort of unemployment insurance, workers want to know that the job will be there and be stable.
  — Tom Buiocchi, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Job growth has remained robust, and, despite a recent uptick in filings for unemployment insurance, there is little sign of a broad increase in job losses.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• The canaries in the U.S.’s crumbling employment mine shaft are the state governors who want to restore the work-search requirement to receive unemployment insurance.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 12 May 2021
• Currently, the test getting the most attention is the ABC test, which in place in about 20 states for unemployment insurance purposes, but only about 10 states for wage and hour purposes.
  — Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• And the unemployment insurance fund’s deficit is growing because the state is still not taking in enough money from payroll taxes to cover its current payments.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Federal data for unemployment insurance claims and the rate of layoffs suggest employers are holding on to their workers, for example.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024