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

“The layoff trends, unemployment insurance, they’ve edged up,” Aguero said.

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Data collected by state unemployment insurance program offices show that last week 7,244 federal workers filed an initial unemployment claim.

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Now, with the prospect of missing his first paycheque next week, he has applied for unemployment insurance, and reached out to the banks holding his mortgage and car loan, hoping for accommodation.

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In Maryland, a Democratic stronghold, the state is providing unemployment insurance to federal workers who are furloughed or having their paychecks withheld.

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But initial claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest level since July, the Labor Market said on Thursday, in a sign that the jobs market might not be in as dire shape as other data have suggested.

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