Unemployment Insurance Backgrounders & Briefs
02/01/2010
By Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, February 2010
The issue of unemployment benefits – including their length, eligibility, and expense – has become a controversial political issue in recent years. It has dominated headlines, newsfeeds, and blogs especially during the Great Recession when Congress continually debated whether to extend Unemployment Insurance to employees who had exhausted their UI benefits.
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