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Proposed Performance Standards for Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance

Proposed Performance Standards for Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance
2023
National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Author(s): 
Amy Traub
Proposed Performance Standards for Equitable Access to Unemployment Insurance
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
UI: Unemployment Insurance
Level of Government
Federal/National
State/Provincial
Location
Format
Non-Academic Article

This proposal recommends a set of new federal performance standards that would measure and improve UI access. The proposal is intended to supplement existing federal UI standards, but all UI standards and metrics should be periodically reevaluated and updated as the conditions facing unemployed workers and benefit delivery change.