when was the federal law providing benefits for the unemployed passed
Unemployment benefits The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 created the dole system of payments for unemployed workers.[3] The dole system provided 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11 million workersâ€”practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service, farm workers, railroad men, and civil servants.
Workers' compensation The first statewide workers' compensation law was passed in Maryland in 1902, and the first law covering federal employees was passed in 1906.[32] (See: FELA, 1908; FECA, 1916; Kern, 1918.) By 1949, every state had enacted a workers' compensation program.[33]
United States Congress The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States. The legislature consists of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Charles Dudley Warner Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.[4]