State Unemployment Insurance Policy Hub

Learn more about key unemployment insurance policy topics and find helpful resources to improve UI in your state. For example, learn how to make more workers eligible for UI in your state in the policy advocacy brief Monetary Eligibility Requirements.

Each brief provides key definitions, an overview of the topic, federal requirements and guidance, recommendations for reforming current state policies, and a summary of research findings and arguments to support reform efforts. The policy advocacy briefs also include resources for additional reading, as well as easy-to-follow information on how to find relevant data about UI in your state.

Use these state legislative models to draft bill language to introduce in the legislature. The process of drafting legislation can vary depending on state-specific legal and policy issues. For example, your state may already have a law addressing this topic. In that case, the model language would have to be adapted to fit current law and ensure you are expanding, not restricting, already established rights. Your state may also have a specific format for legislative text.

We recommend first reading the policy advocacy brief on the related topic—which provides an overview of the issue, examples of what states are currently doing in the area, resources to support UI policy reform, and more.

We are grateful to our partners and allies who helped us develop this model language.