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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To help port workers, the Maryland Department of Labor has established a hotline for unemployment insurance, the governor said.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
In the last two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have provided some undocumented residents unemployment insurance and cash assistance due to financial costs.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
Under the bill, employers could still have a drug-free workplace policy and test for THC, and employees fired under that policy could not receive unemployment insurance.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
At the end of 2023 Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.1%, and according the the most recent data from the state Department of Workforce Development, unemployment insurance claims for the third week of February were roughly 4,800 statewide, the lowest for a week so far this year.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
Some economists believe gross domestic income is more accurate since it’s based partly on hard data such as unemployment insurance claims rather than just surveys.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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
As much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid unemployment insurance claims were likely paid out by states, according to the US Government Accountability Office.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
Next month a benchmarking of the numbers using quarterly unemployment insurance premium reports will be out and it is expected to put metro Denver, which accounts for just over half the state’s employment base, in a much better light.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2024
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
In the last two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have provided some undocumented residents unemployment insurance and cash assistance due to financial costs.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
Under the bill, employers could still have a drug-free workplace policy and test for THC, and employees fired under that policy could not receive unemployment insurance.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
At the end of 2023 Wisconsin's unemployment rate was 3.1%, and according the the most recent data from the state Department of Workforce Development, unemployment insurance claims for the third week of February were roughly 4,800 statewide, the lowest for a week so far this year.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
Some economists believe gross domestic income is more accurate since it’s based partly on hard data such as unemployment insurance claims rather than just surveys.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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
As much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid unemployment insurance claims were likely paid out by states, according to the US Government Accountability Office.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
Next month a benchmarking of the numbers using quarterly unemployment insurance premium reports will be out and it is expected to put metro Denver, which accounts for just over half the state’s employment base, in a much better light.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2024
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