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Unemployment insurance programs in the states
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Unemployment insurance is a term that refers to a joint federal and state program that provides temporary monetary benefits to eligible laid-off workers who are actively seeking new employment. Qualifying individuals receive unemployment compensation as a percentage of their lost wages in the form of weekly cash benefits while they search for new employment.[1][2]
The federal government oversees the general administration of state unemployment insurance programs. The states control the specific features of their unemployment insurance programs, such as eligibility requirements and length of benefits.[2]
Although the word insurance is in the term, a few key differences distinguish unemployment insurance from private insurance plans such as home insurance, car insurance, or health insurance. In most states, employers—rather than individuals themselves—pay unemployment taxes that fund state unemployment insurance programs. When an individual loses their employment (and meets eligibility requirements), state-administered unemployment insurance programs provide temporary monetary benefits to the former employee. Unemployment insurance compensation is not intended to replace lost wages; it is designed to replace a portion of the individual's lost wages with the goal of providing financial support as an individual searches for a new job.[3]
The following pages provide state-specific information about state unemployment insurance programs:
- Unemployment insurance in Alabama
- Unemployment insurance in Alabama: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Alaska
- Unemployment insurance in Alaska: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Arizona
- Unemployment insurance in Arizona: Funding, benefits and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Arkansas
- Unemployment insurance in Arkansas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in California
- Unemployment insurance in California: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Colorado
- Unemployment insurance in Colorado: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Connecticut
- Unemployment insurance in Connecticut: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Delaware
- Unemployment insurance in Delaware: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Florida
- Unemployment insurance in Florida: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Georgia
- Unemployment insurance in Georgia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Hawaii
- Unemployment insurance in Hawaii: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Idaho
- Unemployment insurance in Idaho: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Illinois
- Unemployment insurance in Illinois: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Indiana
- Unemployment insurance in Indiana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Iowa
- Unemployment insurance in Iowa: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Kansas
- Unemployment insurance in Kansas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Kentucky
- Unemployment insurance in Kentucky: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Louisiana
- Unemployment insurance in Louisiana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Maine
- Unemployment insurance in Maine: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Maryland
- Unemployment insurance in Maryland: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Massachusetts
- Unemployment insurance in Massachusetts: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Michigan
- Unemployment insurance in Michigan: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Minnesota
- Unemployment insurance in Minnesota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Mississippi
- Unemployment insurance in Mississippi: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Missouri
- Unemployment insurance in Missouri: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Montana
- Unemployment insurance in Montana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Nebraska
- Unemployment insurance in Nebraska: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Nevada
- Unemployment insurance in Nevada: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Hampshire
- Unemployment insurance in New Hampshire: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Jersey
- Unemployment insurance in New Jersey: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Mexico
- Unemployment insurance in New Mexico: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New York
- Unemployment insurance in New York: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in North Carolina
- Unemployment insurance in North Carolina: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in North Dakota
- Unemployment insurance in North Dakota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Ohio
- Unemployment insurance in Ohio: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Oklahoma
- Unemployment insurance in Oklahoma: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Oregon
- Unemployment insurance in Oregon: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Pennsylvania
- Unemployment insurance in Pennsylvania: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Rhode Island
- Unemployment insurance in Rhode Island: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in South Carolina
- Unemployment insurance in South Carolina: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in South Dakota
- Unemployment insurance in South Dakota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Tennessee
- Unemployment insurance in Tennessee: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Texas
- Unemployment insurance in Texas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Utah
- Unemployment insurance in Utah: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Vermont
- Unemployment insurance in Vermont: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Virginia
- Unemployment insurance in Virginia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Washington
- Unemployment insurance in Washington: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in West Virginia
- Unemployment insurance in West Virginia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Wisconsin
- Unemployment insurance in Wisconsin: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Wyoming
- Unemployment insurance in Wyoming: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
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