How to Use unemployment compensation in a Sentence

unemployment compensation

noun
  • That’s on top of as much as $521 a week in unemployment compensation from the state.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • They may still be entitled to unemployment compensation if they were furloughed or could not work.
    — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • May 24 that an unknown person tried to file an unemployment compensation case in his name.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • Those taxpayers may need to add back their unemployment compensation to their income on their state returns.
    — Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2021
  • That rule applies to wages and overtime, but not unemployment compensation.
    — Scott Bauer, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Her $400 per week in unemployment compensation won't last much longer.
    — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The state does not tax unemployment compensation but the IRS does.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Overpayment of unemployment compensation, say in the case of fraud.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The stimulus bill signed into law last week adds up to $600 per week to unemployment compensation for up to four months.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2020
  • This isn’t the first time the state has had to borrow money from the federal government to pay unemployment compensation.
    — cleveland, 16 June 2020
  • Every state in the union now has unemployment compensation acts on its statute books and practically all have made provisions for old age pensions.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The state has paid out billions of dollars in unemployment compensation after the pandemic caused job losses.
    — Christine Sexton, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The payments mark the fourth round of refunds related to unemployment compensation.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 29 July 2021
  • Months later, Quezada worries about having to apply for food stamps when her unemployment compensation runs out.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The senator said there had been talk about providing aid through the nation’s unemployment compensation system.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • That means Ohioans could receive up to $1,080 a week in unemployment compensation.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Quezada also did not initially receive the unemployment compensation she was owed, forcing her to turn to local and state politicians for help.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The tax break only applies to a portion of unemployment compensation paid in 2020.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2021
  • And that, in turn, could destabilize the joint federal-state unemployment compensation program that has existed for decades.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Clouse said one priority is to avoid a situation where businesses have to pay more to support the unemployment compensation fund.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 10 Aug. 2020
  • But the Revenue Act of 1978 set a threshold at which unemployment compensation would be taxed.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Kathryn Lickteig, a cook in Kansas City, signed up for unemployment compensation last week after the city shut down dine-in restaurants.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Is the Ohio Senate to blame for the holdup on fixing Ohio’s wretched unemployment compensation system?
    — cleveland, 1 July 2020
  • This new wave of layoffs will add more to the ranks of the 26 million Americans who were already receiving unemployment compensation.
    — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • This came after state lawmakers, in 2019 at a time of record employment, cut in half the time people can receive unemployment compensation.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Clouse said about $285 million of the remaining funds could be applied to the state’s unemployment compensation trust fund, which was hit hard by the wave of job losses caused by the pandemic.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Since it was passed in March, however, many people had already filed their 2020 returns and paid taxes on their unemployment compensation.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 7 June 2021
  • The city of Columbus – the biggest public Ohio employer that receives worker unemployment compensation through the state – will receive the largest check at $64 million.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2020
  • At an unemployment compensation hearing last month, an outside lawyer retained by the House presented screen shots of Woodring’s Facebook posts about Miccarelli.
    — Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • Federal employees may be eligible for unemployment compensation during the shutdown.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025

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