Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
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title:
Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
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The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It created the dole system of payments to unemployed workers. The Act passed at a time of very little unemployment, when the Conservatives dominated Parliament. It set up the dole system that provided 15 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11 million workers—practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service, farm workers, railway workers, and civil servants. Funded in part by weekly co
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_Insurance_Act_1920
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2024-02-04T16:42:41Z
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