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  2. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    e. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, or Dole, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...

  3. Employment and Social Insurance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Employment and Social Insurance Act ( French: Loi sur le placement et les assurances sociales) was a statute enacted by the Parliament of Canada in 1935 during the final months of the government of R.B. Bennett. The Act was intended to introduce a nationwide employment insurance scheme, and also to convince voters that Bennett was willing ...

  4. Unemployment in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment in Ontario is the measure indicating the number of Ontarians "without work, are available for work, and are actively seeking work". [1] The rate of unemployment is measured by Statistics Canada using a Labour Force Survey. In September 2018 approximately 452,900 people were deemed unemployed in Ontario.

  5. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...

  6. Graduate unemployment - Wikipedia

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    Graduate unemployment, or educated unemployment, is unemployment among people with an academic degree.. Aggravating factors for unemployment are the rapidly increasing quantity of international graduates competing for an inadequate number of suitable jobs, schools not keeping their curriculums relevant to the job market, the growing pressure on schools to increase access to education (which ...

  7. Social programs in Canada - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the entirety of the social provisions of government are called social programs ( French: programmes sociaux ), as opposed to social welfare in European/British parlance. Like in the United States, welfare in Canada colloquially refers to direct payments to low-income individuals only, and not to healthcare and education spending. [2]

  8. If you quit a job in WA, you can still get unemployment ... - AOL

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    The easiest way to apply for unemployment in the state of Washington is to apply online or by phone by calling 800-318-6022. Before applying, a claimant should establish eligibility for ...

  9. Employment equity (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    Employment equity (Canada) Employment equity, as defined in federal Canadian law by the Employment Equity Act ( French: Loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi ), requires federal jurisdiction employers to engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities ...