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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With the unemployment insurance claims, the White House on Friday referred questions to the Labor Department.
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Emily Badger, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The plan calls for actions to increase incomes of both urban and rural residents, as well as farmers, such as employment support plans and continuing to implement the unemployment insurance policy.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
However, many of his administration’s actions backfired, such as shutting down schools and paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance benefits.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2025
The department also enforces more than 180 federal labor policies and laws such as those pertaining to hourly and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers' rights to safe working environments.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
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Emily Badger, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The plan calls for actions to increase incomes of both urban and rural residents, as well as farmers, such as employment support plans and continuing to implement the unemployment insurance policy.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
However, many of his administration’s actions backfired, such as shutting down schools and paying out billions of dollars in fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance benefits.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2025
The department also enforces more than 180 federal labor policies and laws such as those pertaining to hourly and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers' rights to safe working environments.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Feb. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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