Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
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The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 was a landmark British law that greatly expanded the state-run unemployment benefits system to cover most manual and lower-paid workers after World War I.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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social welfare legislation ⓘ |
| affected | millions of British workers ⓘ |
| aimedToAddress |
poverty caused by joblessness
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risk of mass unemployment ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Ireland (pre-partition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| benefitCondition |
availability for work
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registration at an employment exchange ⓘ |
| context |
economic dislocation after World War I
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rising unemployment among demobilised soldiers and industrial workers ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1920 ⓘ |
| expanded | state-run unemployment insurance system ⓘ |
| expandedCoverageTo |
lower-paid non-manual workers
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most manual workers ⓘ |
| financedBy |
contributions from employers
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contributions from the state ⓘ contributions from workers ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key step toward comprehensive social insurance in Britain
ⓘ
major expansion of state responsibility for income maintenance during unemployment ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later interwar unemployment policy in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Liberal welfare reforms of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| introduced |
flat-rate contributions and benefits
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national system of unemployment insurance ⓘ |
| introducedSystem | compulsory unemployment insurance for most workers in insured trades ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterModifiedBy |
Unemployment Insurance Act 1921
NERFINISHED
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Unemployment Insurance Act 1924 NERFINISHED ⓘ Unemployment Insurance Act 1930 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm | public general act ⓘ |
| partOf | development of the British welfare state ⓘ |
| policyArea |
employment policy
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labour law ⓘ social security ⓘ |
| predecessor | Unemployment Insurance Act 1911 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provided | cash benefits for unemployed insured workers ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide unemployment benefits to a wider section of the workforce ⓘ |
| relatedTo | development of the Beveridge-style social insurance model ⓘ |
| replaced | limited trade-based unemployment insurance coverage ⓘ |
| shortDescription | British law greatly expanding unemployment insurance coverage after World War I ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | unemployment insurance—law and legislation—Great Britain ⓘ |
| temporalContext | post–World War I period ⓘ |
| typeOfBenefit | contributory unemployment benefit ⓘ |
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