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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False statements in applications filed with the state’s unemployment insurance benefits program led the California Employment Development Department to authorize Bank of America to mail debit cards to the football players.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
One part was a temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance for people who were not eligible for other types of benefits due to their employment status.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Even the weak 2025 figures are likely to be revised lower in February, when the government completes an annual benchmarking of the jobs figures to an actual count of jobs derived from companies’ unemployment insurance filings.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Court records say that Overton submitted or caused the submission of nearly 90 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims across 20 states, including Michigan, thereby receiving over $500,000 in fraudulent unemployment assistance payments.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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City News Service, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
One part was a temporary federal unemployment insurance program for pandemic unemployment assistance for people who were not eligible for other types of benefits due to their employment status.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Even the weak 2025 figures are likely to be revised lower in February, when the government completes an annual benchmarking of the jobs figures to an actual count of jobs derived from companies’ unemployment insurance filings.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Court records say that Overton submitted or caused the submission of nearly 90 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims across 20 states, including Michigan, thereby receiving over $500,000 in fraudulent unemployment assistance payments.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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