unemployment insurance

noun

1. a government program that provides a limited number of payments to eligible workers who are involuntarily unemployed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unemployment insurance¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

At the same time, lower joblessness means fewer people using food stamps, unemployment insurance, and other safety net measures.

From The Daily Beast

But first, this Congress needs to restore the unemployment insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people.

From The Daily Beast

Last month, when their unemployment insurance was cut off, she sat down and wrote me a letter—the kind I get every day.

From The Daily Beast

The president is framing unemployment insurance extension as a moral test—but he always does.

From The Daily Beast

The pure politics of unemployment insurance is pretty straightforward: supporting it is “better” politically than opposing.

From The Daily Beast

Spends all his time in bars, and never runs out of dough—and don't tell me you can do that on Unemployment Insurance.

From Project Gutenberg

Social security and unemployment insurance laws were broadened and strengthened.

From Project Gutenberg

Social security has been extended to ten million more Americans and unemployment insurance to four million more.

From Project Gutenberg

Legislation was enacted to provide unemployment insurance protection to some four million additional Americans.

From Project Gutenberg

We must modernize our unemployment insurance and establish a high-level commission on automation.

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