unemployment compensation
(in the US) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people
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How to use unemployment compensation in a sentence
The Emergency unemployment compensation programs offers people in high-unemployment states up to 47 additional weeks of benefits.
At the same time, the GOP will refuse to act on raising the debt ceiling or extending unemployment compensation.
Robert Shrum: Obama Won Election & Will Win Again on Fiscal Cliff | Robert Shrum | December 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt eliminates the effectiveness of unemployment compensation as a built in stabilizer.
When he wasn't working, he got some unemployment compensation from the place where he had been working.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI had forgotten that I had heard the sum or the amount of money he was receiving in unemployment compensation.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Then you say, "He has been out of work since August, and their income was $33 a week unemployment compensation, not much."
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWhen he was unemployed in Dallas, do you know whether he received unemployment compensation?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWhen he was unemployed in New Orleans, did he get unemployment compensation?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Cultural definitions for unemployment compensation
Short-term payments made to workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs.
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