unemployment insurance
Layoff income support
Unemployment insurance is a government program that provides temporary income to workers who have lost their jobs.
Funded through employer taxes, it replaces a portion of wages while recipients search for new employment.
Benefits typically last a limited period and require proof of active job-seeking: She filed for unemployment insurance after the layoffs.
Often shortened to unemployment: He's been on unemployment for three months.
Statements of truth
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
weekly benefits · claimant · payouts · allowance · disbursement · payments · assistance · relief
Termination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
- displacedShifted from proper location
out-of-work · jobless · recession · termination · job loss · workforce reduction · plant closure · mass layoff
Guarding against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- backstopBarrier behind target area
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
contingency · stability · security · income replacement · temporary assistance · stopgap · cushion · wage replacement
Payments for insurance coverage
- contributionsThings given to help
- payroll taxWithholding from worker wages
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- federal guidelinesGovernment-issued policy directives
trust fund · administration · claims process · job training · beneficiaries · quarterly reports · Department of Labor · waiting period
claims
Statements of truth
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
entitlement · weekly benefits · claimant · payouts · allowance · disbursement · payments · assistance · relief · stipend
layoff
Termination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- furloughedGranted mandatory unpaid leave
displaced · out-of-work · jobless · recession · termination · job loss · workforce reduction · plant closure · mass layoff · separation
protection
Guarding against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- backstopBarrier behind target area
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
lifeline · contingency · stability · security · income replacement · temporary assistance · stopgap · cushion · wage replacement · income support
premiums
Payments for insurance coverage
- contributionsThings given to help
- payroll taxWithholding from worker wages
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
federal guidelines · trust fund · administration · claims process · job training · beneficiaries · quarterly reports · Department of Labor · waiting period
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
- Federal ProgramsSocial Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, SNAP
- public insuranceMedicare, Medicaid, FDIC, FEMA, VA benefits
- unemploymentjobless, joblessness, jobless rate, laid off, out of work
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, benefit, health screening, 401k
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
unemployment insurancewages
Payment for work
salary · earned income · employment income · paycheck · full employment
unemployment insuranceworkfare
Benefits requiring labor
job training programs · job placement services · employment services · workforce development · employment assistance
unemployment insurancelaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
rugged individualism · personal responsibility · no safety net · sink or swim · workhouse
insurance, employee, employment, employer, employed, unemployed, unemployment, employees, employing