Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depending on the country and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
R. B. Bennett's government passed the Employment and Social Insurance Act in 1935, to establish a national unemployment scheme. The national unemployment scheme was modeled on the British approach at the time, which included flat-rate financial benefits for the unemployed based on worker, employer, and state contributions. [5]
Weekly unemployment benefits provided by the state will be increased from a maximum of $350 to $600. Gov. Cooper increases NC unemployment benefits after Helene. Here’s what’s available.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
North Carolina’s unemployment rate of 3.4% is virtually in the middle of all 50 states. The rate is slightly higher than those of neighboring states Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina.
The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...
The Unemployment and Farm Relief Act (French: Loi remédiant au chômage et aidant à l’agriculture) was introduced by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, [2] and enacted in July 1931 by the Parliament of Canada, enabling public works projects to be set up in Canada's national parks during the Great Depression.