Unemployment Compensation Act

Unemployment Compensation Act

Unemployment Compensation Act

Recently a growing number of Americans have experienced job loss due to recessions, downsizing, and business restructuring bent on financial survival. Loss of employment and financial difficulties rank amongst the more severe stressors that people encounter. Economically our jobs are all on fault lines, the financial outlook for many is grim and for some devastation has already been felt. It is a difficult time of year regardless of your employment or lack of but when you lose a job mere weeks before Christmas and the New Year it is felt that much harder.

Emotional Stress and Unemployment

Research since the 1930s reveals that unemployment has major effects on individuals' and families' emotional and physical health. Researchers have found strong relationships between unemployment rates and increased mental hospital admissions, suicide, homicide, total mortality, and cardiovascular-renal disease mortality (Brenner, 1973, 1976, 1977). Unemployment also contributes to greater depression and lower self-esteem (Waters & Moore, 2001) and to family instability, decreased family relations, and family violence (Furstenberg, 1974; Hanisch, 1999; Voydanoff, 1978).

Whether you are the main provider of the family or a form of extra income the loss of the money appears staggering. Your family's dependence on you can affect your emotional reaction. Too often loss of work is viewed only in terms of desperation, worry and stress; surprisingly, there are a few pros to the sudden change.


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    Unemployment Compensation Act

    Unemployment Compensation Act

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