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

Alongside unemployment insurance, a relief proposal at the scale of the crisis should include the promised $2,000 check, followed by additional checks of $1,000 or more, monthly or at least quarterly, until employment approaches pre-pandemic levels.

From Time

This is on top of their state unemployment insurance benefit.

From Fortune

Contractors are not entitled to protections such as minimum-wage requirements, overtime rules, workers’ compensation should they get injured on the job, and unemployment insurance, while employees are.

From Washington Post

The stimulus bill passed in March provided an additional $600 weekly in unemployment insurance benefits to everyone who qualified for a state program.

From Fortune

He said that after a swell of tenants fell behind on rent in late summer, emergency rent programs and unemployment insurance allowed many to catch up, but their underlying problem ― jobs that have not returned ― has not been resolved.

From Washington Post

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.

From Project Gutenberg