unemployment claim — UK US noun [C] GOVERNMENT ► in the US, an official request made by someone who has lost their job for money from the government: »The report found that new unemployment claims fell by 7,000. »first time/initial/weekly unemployment claims… … Financial and business terms
Unemployment benefits — are payments made by governments to unemployed people. It may be based on a compulsory para governmental insurance system. Depending on the jurisdiction and the status of the person, those sums may be meager, covering only basic needs (thus a… … Wikipedia
unemployment — un‧em‧ploy‧ment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] noun [uncountable] 1. when you do not have a job: • Closure of the plant will mean unemployment for 500 workers. • Most of our staff now face unemployment. 2. ECONOMICS the number of people in a country who do not … Financial and business terms
unemployment benefit — ➔ benefit1 * * * unemployment benefit UK US noun [C or U] UK (US unemployment benefits [plural]) ► GOVERNMENT money that the government pays regularly to unemployed people who are looking for a job. The term unemployment benefit was officially… … Financial and business terms
claim — ▪ I. claim claim 1 [kleɪm] noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE a request or demand for money, or the amount of money asked for: • The developer made a claim against the owner for extra building costs. • There were very large claims for loss of earnings … Financial and business terms
Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or … Wikipedia
unemployment — At the time of the oil crisis of 1973, unemployment in Spain stood at just under 2.5 percent of the active population, but with the recession, the estimated one million Spanish workers in Europe began to return. This influx coincided with an… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
claim */*/*/ — I UK [kleɪm] / US verb Word forms claim : present tense I/you/we/they claim he/she/it claims present participle claiming past tense claimed past participle claimed 1) a) [transitive] to say that something is true, even though there is no definite … English dictionary
Unemployment Assistance Board — The Unemployment Assistance Board was a body set up in Britain in 1934 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/inside money/2173358.stm BBC NEWS | Programmes | Inside Money | The welfare state 1832 1945 ] ] due to the high levels of inter war… … Wikipedia
Federal Unemployment Tax Act - FUTA — The original legislation that allows the federal government to tax businesses with employees for the purpose of collecting revenue that is then allocated to state unemployment agencies and paid to unemployed workers who are eligible to claim… … Investment dictionary
