| 释义 |
unemployment benefit Income support payments to the unemployed. Countries differ in the level of such payments, which may be at a fixed rate or an amount related to previous wages, and in the length of time for which they are available. Eligibility for unemployment benefit may be related to previous contributions to an unemployment insurance fund. Many of the unemployed and their dependents receive other forms of income support payment. In the UK, for example, fewer than half of the unemployed receive unemployment benefit, now rechristened jobseeker's allowance. |