Employment

Unemployment Insurance

Extension and Modernization of Unemployment Insurance: Background
A brief look at the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act (H.R. 2233) and the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 (H.R. 5749).

IWJ Letter of Support for Extension of Unemployment Insurance
Support for additional weeks of unemployment insurance, May 13, 2008.

Unemployment Extension Briefing Materials
Compiled by the House Committee on Ways and Means, June 9, 2008.

Other Letters of Support for Extension of Unemployment Insurance
Sent to the House Ways and Means Committee from governors, state legislators, unions, and NGOs, Spring 2008.

Unemployment Insurance: Receipt of Benefits Has Declined, with Continued Disparities for Low-Wage and Part-Time Workers
Congressional testimony from the Government Accountability Office, detailing how low-wage workers are frequently excluded from participation in the unemployment insurance program, September 19, 2007.