Temporary Programs To Extend Unemployment Compensation

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Describes unemployment compensation extension programs designed to provide temporary and partial wage replacement to workers who have become involuntarily unemployed. Discusses history of extended ...

Describes unemployment compensation extension programs designed to provide temporary and partial wage replacement to workers who have become involuntarily unemployed. Discusses history of extended benefit programs, issues in designing benefit extension programs, temporary benefit extension proposals since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.

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