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United States and Canada. It is not a site for entry level or unskilled job
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Unemployment Insurance & Benefits
Insurance benefits paid by the state or federal government to individuals who are
involuntarily out of work in order to provide them with necessities, such as food,
clothing, and shelter.
Unemployment compensation for U.S. workers was established by the federal Social
Security Act of 1935. Unemployment insurance provides
workers who have lost their job through no fault of their own with monetary
payments for a given period of time or until they find a new job. This
compensation is designed to give an unemployed worker time to find a new job
equivalent to the one lost without major financial distress. Unemployment
compensation is also justified as a way to provide the U.S. economy with consumer
spending during an economic downturn.
In Canada the system is known as Employment Insurance. Canadian workers pay
into a central fund that contributors can draw on if later unable to work. The
amount a person receives and how long they can stay on EI varies with their
previous salary, how long they were working, and the unemployment rate in their
area. The EI system is managed by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,
a federal government department
Unemployment Resources