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The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are
unemployed through no fault of their own (as determined under State
law), and meet other eligibility requirements of State law.
Unemployment insurance payments (benefits) are intended to provide
temporary financial assistance to unemployed workers who meet the
requirements of State law.
Following are the purpose of Unemployment Insurance:
1) Each State administers a separate unemployment insurance program
within guidelines established by Federal law.
2) Eligibility for unemployment insurance, benefit amounts and the
length of time benefits are available are determined by the State
law under which unemployment insurance claims are established.
3) In the majority of States, benefit funding is based solely on a
tax imposed on employers. (Three (3) States require minimal employee
contributions.)
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