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  2. 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 ...

  3. US weekly jobless claims at four-month low; housing market ...

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    Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 219,000 for the week ended Sept. 14, the lowest level since the middle of May, the Labor Department said on ...

  4. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, 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 ...

  5. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The steady employment gains in recent months suggest a rough answer. The unemployment rate has been 7.9 percent, 7.8 percent and 7.8 percent for the past three months, while the labor force participation rate has been 63.8 percent, 63.6 percent and 63.6 percent. Meanwhile, job gains have averaged 151,000.

  6. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but ...

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    August 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM. Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the number of claims remains at healthy levels. Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the ...

  7. Unemployment benefits during the pandemic helped workers more ...

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    At least 42 million people received unemployment benefits in 2020, the study analyzing IRS tax records data found, totaling $493 billion, or more than three times the amount of benefits paid each ...

  8. Unemployment extension - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, there is a standard of 26 weeks of unemployment compensation, known as "regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits".As of December 2020, the U.S. has three programs for extending unemployment benefits: [1] Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).

  9. Unemployment claims are on the rise in Mass. Here are the ...

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    Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose for the week ending Aug. 31 compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy ...