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unemployment insurance

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noun

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

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Origin of unemployment insurance

First recorded in 1920–25

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Using the unemployment-insurance system to fund hours reductions is the right first step.
How to Really Fix the Economy
Juliet Schor
August 19, 2010