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

In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 227, which would have created a program that resembles unemployment insurance for workers who are undocumented.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2022, undocumented workers paid a total of $40 billion into three programs — Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance — that they are barred from accessing, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a think tank in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

The Employment Development Department acknowledged that unemployment insurance is one of the “more complex public benefit programs, with detailed state and federal requirements,” making the application “complex and confusing.”

From Los Angeles Times

“He increased education spending by billions of dollars, raised teacher pay, enacted paid family and medical leave for all families, provided unemployment insurance to hourly school workers, and expanded the collective bargaining rights of Minnesotans.”

From Los Angeles Times

Around the time they were dating, and when Brown was speaker of the California State Assembly, Brown appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Medical Assistance Commission.

From Slate