unemployment compensation

British  

noun

1. (in the US) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people

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unemployment compensation Cultural  

1. Short-term payments made to workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs.

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Example Sentences

More than $5 trillion goes each year to Social Security, Medicare, federal employee retirement, unemployment compensation and the like.

From Los Angeles Times

“When they go and strike for better work and better wages for themselves and others, they need to have unemployment compensation, because they’re striking for all workers,” Schiff said at the debate.

From Los Angeles Times

From 2008 to 2010, however, the national unemployment climbed very rapidly to 10 percent in the midst of the Great Recession; it was during this period that millions of America workers filed unemployment compensation claims.

From Encyclopedia.com

You can also apply for federal unemployment compensation benefits.

From Encyclopedia.com

In a long-term stalemate, the state is legally bound to make debt payments, cover Medicaid costs for millions of Pennsylvanians, issue unemployment compensation payments, keep prisons open and ensure state police are on patrol.

From Washington Times