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unemployment compensation

Noun

Meaning

payment by a United States agency to unemployed people

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For the last fourteen years, I have advocated the elimination of all payroll taxes - including those for social security and unemployment compensation - and the replacement of that revenue in the form of pollution taxes - principally on CO2. Al Gore

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree. Newt Gingrich

"Based on the current crisis, most states are likely to exhaust their unemployment compensation trust funds and borrow from the federal government," said Tax Foundation's Director of State Tax Policy Jared Walczak. Source: Internet

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Initial claims for unemployment compensation in Ohio are continuing to rise. Source: Internet

Mnuchin said that the surprise move would not bind the hands of the next Treasury secretary and that grants to firms, more paycheck aid to workers and unemployment compensation were better uses for the $455 billion in already borrowed funds. Source: Internet

In the coming lame duck session of Congress, expect the extension of unemployment compensation to be held hostage to GOP demand to permanently extend George Bush's tax cuts. Source: Internet

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