Unemployment insurance benefits are generally given only to those registering as becoming unemployed through no fault of their own, and often on conditions ensuring that they seek work.
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14 Facts About Unemployment insurance
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Unemployment insurance benefits were introduced in Germany in 1927, and in most European countries in the period after the Second World War with the expansion of the welfare state.
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Unemployment insurance benefits are typically funded by payroll taxes on employers and employees.
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Unemployment insurance benefits are granted to those who have generated an income that does not exceed €1,467.
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Unemployment insurance benefits are paid daily, with the amount calculated based on the employee's previous income over the past six months, but not exceeding the daily average wage for the first 125 days of payment and two-thirds of the daily average wage from the 126th day onwards.
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Unemployment insurance benefits is sourced from the country's Social Security System.
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Unemployment insurance benefits are divided into a voluntary scheme with income related compensation up to a certain level and a comprehensive scheme that provides a lower level of basic support.
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Private Unemployment insurance is available, mainly through professional organisations, to provide income-related compensation that otherwise exceeds the ceiling of the scheme.
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Unemployment insurance benefit is paid in the United Kingdom either as Jobseeker's Allowance or as an element of Universal Credit.
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Eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance vary by state, but generally speaking, employees not fired for misconduct are eligible for unemployment benefits, while those who quit or who are fired for misconduct are not.
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One common criticism of unemployment insurance is that it induces moral hazard, the fact that unemployment insurance lowers on-the-job effort and reduces job-search effort.
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The moral hazard argument against unemployment insurance is based on the idea that such insurance would increase the risk, or 'hazard, ' that the insured worker would engage in activity that is undesirable, or 'immoral, ' from the insurer's point of view.
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That is, unemployment insurance could create longer or more frequent episodes of unemployment than would otherwise occur.
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One concern over unemployment insurance increasing unemployment is based on experience rating benefit uses which can sometimes be imperfect.
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