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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Also included: funding for small business loans and grants, and additional weekly unemployment insurance payments.
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Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The majority opinion, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, ruled that the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior was entitled to a religious exemption under Wisconsin law for paying into the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
On June 18, the Labor Department reported that claims for unemployment insurance continued to rise.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Last week, filings for unemployment insurance climbed to just short of 2 million, the most since November 2021, and hiring rates remain at lows not seen in more than a decade.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 18 June 2025
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Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The majority opinion, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, ruled that the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior was entitled to a religious exemption under Wisconsin law for paying into the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
On June 18, the Labor Department reported that claims for unemployment insurance continued to rise.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Last week, filings for unemployment insurance climbed to just short of 2 million, the most since November 2021, and hiring rates remain at lows not seen in more than a decade.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 18 June 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 16 Jul. 2025.
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